A little hopeful (?) news on homelessness

The Interagency Council on Homelessness reports with pride that in a recent hearing on homeless veterans, the testimony included word that there are some 60,000 fewer homeless veterans in the U.S. than there were ten years ago. Unclear how much of the reason has to do with people getting indoors and how much with the life expectancies of people who don't, but homelessness figures so seldom decline, ya may as well smile.

Also available from USICH: the link to a privately managed Web site of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives that is promoting regional workshops on applying for federal funds. Locations are in Jacksonville, Cincinnati, and Las Vegas, and the earliest registration deadline is April 6.