Homelessness Action and PA Provider Network “HAPPN”
OUR VALUES
No child should be homeless.
Veterans who have served this nation should be honored with real opportunity for prosperity when they return.
Older adults and people with disabilities should be able to live safely, accessibly and with dignity close to family and community.
No one should be homeless.
WHO WE ARE
The Homelessness Action and PA Provider Network “HAPPN” is just what our name says - a network of homeless providers, volunteers, consumers and advocates working together to prevent and end homelessness in Pennsylvania. We take action to advance proven, local, cost-effective solutions to ensure that every Pennsylvanian has a home within their reach.
HAPPN is part of the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, a statewide coalition that provides leadership and a common voice for policies, practices and resources to ensure that all Pennsylvanians, especially those with low incomes, have access to safe, decent, accessible and affordable homes.
WHAT WE DO
1. Network
We convene homeless providers from around the state to share their experiences, information and to learn from one another through monthly conference calls and periodic in-person meetings.
2. Take Action
Poverty and the high cost of housing are at the root of homelessness. We believe that only through partnerships that bring public and private resources together will we be able to prevent and end homelessness. At the federal level we are working for the expansion and the improvement of services provided through the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Program. At the state level for appropriate funding of Pennsylvania’s Human Service Development Fund and the Homeless Assistance Program
3. Educate
We organize public awareness campaigns to raise the visibility of homelessness and cost-effective, proven solutions that work.
2011 ACTIVITIES
Developed consensus of 150 agencies for preserving Human Service Development Fund
Participated organized Harrisburg and local visits to familiarize policy makers with proven, cost-effective solutions
Organized statewide and regional meetings with Congressional leaders
Published ‘letters to the editor’ in local newspapers
Got media coverage to bring greater awareness to problems and solutions
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
Any individual, provider, consumer, advocate, or agency who wants to work for improved and expanded homeless services. To join, email either
Joyce Sacco at the Housing Alliance of PA Joyce@housingalliancepa.org
Joe Willard at People’s Emergency Center jwillard@pec-cares.org
WHAT YOU GET FOR PARTICIPATING
Monthly E-Publications On News And Information About Homelessness
Join Monthly Conference Call On Policy And Budget Issues
Invited To Meetings With Legislators
Sharing Best Practices
Policy Analyses
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES
A Woman's Place Bucks
Achieving Independence Center Phila
American Red Cross Homeless Shelter, Bucks County Bucks
Bucks County Housing Group Bucks
Christian Churches United Harrisburg
Community Action Agency of Delaware County Delaware
Community Action Council of the Lehigh Valley, Sixth Street Shelter Lehigh
Community Human Services Pittsburgh
Community Shelter Services Erie
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern PA Lycoming
Disability Options Network Lawrence
Family & Community Service Of Delaware County Delaware
Family Promise Of Berks County Berks
Family Promise Of Harrisburg Capital Region Dauphin
First Spirit Filled Baptist Dauphin
HELP Philadelphia/PHMC Phila
Housing Alliance Of Pennsylvania Statewide
Interfaith Hospitality Network-Keystone Opportunity Montgomery
Inter-Faith Housing Alliance Montgomery
Laurel House (RHD) Montgomery
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in PA (LAMPa) Statewide
Lutheran Settlement-Jane Addams Place Phila
Mental Health Association Of Southeastern PA SE PA
National Nursing Centers Consortium/Nurse Family Partnership Phila
Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network Phila
Pennsylvania Catholic Conference Statewide
Pennsylvania County Commissioners Human Services Statewide
Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition Statewide
Pennsylvania Campaign to End Homelessness Erie & Statewide
People’s Emergency Center Phila
Pocono Alliance Stroudsburg
Project H.O.M.E. Phila
Ralph Moses House Delaware
Residential Living Options SE PA
Resources for Human Development Statewide
Safe Harbor
Carlisle, Cumberland
Salvation Army-Carlisle Cumberland
Salvation Army-Gr. Harrisburg Dauphin
Salvation Army-Norristown - Pottstown Montgomery
Salvation Army-Philadelphia Philadelphia
Salvation Army-Reed House & Shelter + Care Philadelphia
United Methodist Advocacy in Pennsylvania Statewide
United Way of PA Statewide
Western Psychiatric Allegheny
Women of Excellence Phila
