First Focus

The briefing will highlight the latest policy and research on child, youth and family homelessness and housing.

Featuring

• Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson and Alcee Hastings, Co-Chairs
• Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus
• Cheryl Vince, Senior Vice President & Director, Health & Social Development Program, American Institutes for Research

Panelists

• Sarah Bolton, Senior Policy and Budget Advisor, Office of Senator Patty Murray
• Carmela J. DeCandia, Psy.D., Director, The National Center on Family Homelessness, a practice area of the American Institutes for Research
• Mark Johnston, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs, Office of Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Gregory Lewis, Executive Director, True Colors Fund

This briefing is supported by: Covenant House; First Focus; Horizons for Homeless Children; National Association for the Education of Homeless Children & Youth; National Center for Housing and Child Welfare; National Health Care for the Homeless Council; National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty; The National Center on Family Homelessness, a practice area of the American Institutes for Research Health & Social Development Program; True Colors Fund