Thursday webinar will review new federal resource package that is meant to address rural homelessness

The Rural Health Information Hub will host a free webinar at 2 p.m. ET Thursday, June 30, to discuss a new federal resource package meant to help rural communities address unsheltered homelessness. The webinar is free and is expected to last about an hour. Click here for more information or to register.

From the website: "The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released a first-of-its-kind package of resources to address unsheltered homelessness, with a unique opportunity for rural communities. This Initiative for Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness being made available by HUD strongly promotes partnerships with health care organizations, public housing authorities and mainstream housing providers, and people with lived experience and expertise of homelessness.

"This $365 million package will help communities pursue a public health approach and they can use this opportunity to coordinate and scale up efforts to sustainably solve unsheltered homelessness, create a unified approach with shared responsibility among local governments, homeless services organizations, health care providers and housing agencies.

"Existing Continuum of Care programs can apply, and see Appendix B of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the rural areas that are eligible for the $54.5 million rural set aside. We encourage health partners to check to see if their area qualifies and connect with the CoC partners. These grants will fund projects for three-years, after which they will be eligible for renewal through the annual Continuum of Care (CoC) program competition."