New York
Red Hook on the Road

Published by Sirius Radio/Robin Hood Foundation
Red Hook on the Road (RHOR) trains bus and truck drivers. Their trainees are low-income, having been homeless, incarcerated or unemployed for a year or more. RHOR places 93 percent of these trainees in driving jobs that pay over $25,000 a year, not including benefits.

20 Innovations in 20 Days

Published by United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
Twenty replicable innovations that are achieving results in preventing or ending homelessness presented one per day throughout the month of May 2008, from the US Interagency Council on Homelessness

New York
Homeless Population Down in New York City

Published by Philly.com
The number of homeless people living on New York City's streets has dropped 12 percent since last year, according to the city's annual count of the street homeless. The results of the latest Homeless Outreach Population Estimate, or HOPE count, showed 3,306 people living on the streets and subways of New York's five boroughs, a 25 percent decrease since the first HOPE count in 2005.

New York
Homelessness on Decline in Queens for Third Year

Published by Queens Tribune
According to new data released by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Homeless Services Commissioner Robert Hess, homelessness is in decline for the third straight year throughout New York City.

New York
Robin Hood Leverages Common Ground’s Supportive Housing Mission

Published by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Robin Hood, a New York City-based foundation, used a $2 million philanthropic loan to support Common Ground’s work to solve homelessness through preventive programs and supportive housing.

Keys: Ending Family Homelessness

Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness
This video highlights how communities across the country are decreasing homelessness among families.

New York
A Shift to Performance Based Management in a NYC Homeless Shelter: A Case Study

Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness
New York City has changed the focus of its homeless assistance system to help people move more quickly into permanent housing. HELP USA is one of the largest shelter and transitional housing providers in New York City and has written a case study describing how they refocused their programs and reduced the length of time families were homeless by nearly 50 percent.

Massachusetts
Massachusett's Premier Housing First Initiative : Home & Healthy for Good

Published by Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance
New statewide Housing First initiative reports dramatic cost savings to Massachusetts.

Illinois
Community Snapshot: Chicago

Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness
Homelessness in Chicago decreased 12 percent from 6,715 in 2005 to 5,922 in 2007.

Gray Land: A Recent Literature and Case Study Review of Permanent Supportive Housing

Published by St. Luke's Health Initiatives
The effectiveness of permanent supportive housing has been documented both in the published professional literature and in unpublished studies emerging from communities across the country. This analysis prepared by the Technical Assistance Collaborative for St. Luke's Health Initiatives includes a summary of key research finding, as well as six original case studies of new and emerging models from around the country.