Private: Overview of the HEARTH Act

HEARTH Act Overview (pdf)
This document gives an overview of the bipartisan Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009, the first significant reauthorization of the McKinney-Vento programs since 1992. The HEARTH Act makes several changes to HUD-funded homeless assistance programs with an emphasis on using outcomes and research to drive programmatic decisions.