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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

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This United States Interagency Council on Homelessness brief is a transcript of a set of interviews conducted with housing officials in Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Columbus (Ohio), and Los Angeles (California). The discussion identifies their…

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This blog post from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discusses the challenges of determining the scope of youth homelessness due to the lack of consistent methodology for defining and counting homeless youth. The post…

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This guide is a product of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau, its Child Welfare Information Gateway, and the FRIENDS (Family Resource Information, Education, and Network Development Service) National Center for…

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When homeless youth cannot access necessary legal services, their housing stability, employment, healthcare, and other services may be negatively impacted. This article from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness summarizes the recent Homeless…

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The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness developed these criteria and benchmarks as part of the Opening Doors strategy to help communities take steps toward ending homelessness by 2020. The guidance can help communities define the vision of…

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The resources and services available through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program are critical to ending family homelessness. State and local TANF programs can provide access to critical work opportunities and support services…

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The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness has set a national goal to prevent and end youth homelessness by the year 2020. This paper provides a preliminary vision for a coordinated community response to achieve this goal. The information…

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These podcasts were produced in partnership between U.S. Department of Labor, Employment…

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Studies have shown that leaving a person to remain chronically homeless costs taxpayers as much as $30,000-$50,000 per year. This resource from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) includes resources and news regarding the…

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This map from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) shows the approximate number of people experiencing homelessness, both nationally and statewide, on any given night in 2015.