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September 27, 2024
 
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Overview: Congress passed a three-month stopgap bill this week to avert a government shutdown. The continuing resolution will fund government operations through December 20th.
Hurricane Helene:We are in solidarity with all those impacted by Hurricane Helene. President Biden has approved emergency requests in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and deployed 1,500 response personnel. Our Disaster Response team will support our member agencies in the affected areas.We will be attentive to further developments with respect to Federal Emergency Response and proceed accordingly.
Economy: In the week ending September 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims ([link removed]) was 218,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 3,000 from 219,000 to 222,000. The 4-week moving average was 224,750, a decrease of 3,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 750 from 227,500 to 228,250.
Housing and homelessness: The USICH Announces First Federal Homelessness Prevention Framework | HHS.gov ([link removed]). The framework entitled Ending Homelessness Before it Starts: A Federal Homelessness Prevention Framework was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies. As outlined in the announcement, the framework: details steps for developing a community-wide, cross-system approach to homelessness prevention; defines categories of homelessness prevention; shares promising practices for homelessness prevention programs; and provides a list of federal resources that can be used for homelessness prevention. For more information, please see USICH's announcement ([link removed]) and visit usich.gov/prevention ([link removed]) for more information.
CCUSA's convenings on homelessness: Register today for our upcoming forum ([link removed]) in Phoenix (October 24-25). Throughout 2024, CCUSA has been collaborating with local Catholic Charities agencies to host several regional convenings that better equip attendees to raise awareness around the crisis of homelessness in America. This series, Advocacy Forums: A Convening on Practical Solutions to Address Homelessness ([link removed]), provides a platform to discuss the state of homelessness in local communities, states and regions; share challenges, ideas, solutions and models of best practice for addressing homelessness; and federal-level advocacy training. The collective wisdom, best practices and innovative solutions developed at these convenings will help guide the creation of a new white paper and inform preparations for a national summit on homelessness prevention. Leaders and staff from Catholic Charities agencies, Catholic organizations, Catholic parishes, other faith communities and local collaborators are encouraged to attend. Presenters include CCUSA staff, Catholic Charities leaders, community leaders and local, state and federal agency staff. Registration for the events is free, and a limited number of stipends for travel costs are available for Catholic Charities agency staff members. Attendees also can receive up to 5.5 social work continuing education credits through their participation.
 
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