Tell Congress to Support and Increase Annual Homelessness Funding

Now is a critical time for Congress to decide what goes in the Annual Appropriations for homelessness funding. Reaching out to your elected officials will be instrumental in ensuring that homelessness systems have resources that they need to address issues in their communities. Here’s how to get involved: 

1. Enter your contact information [Click the link below] to find your Member of Congress.

https://endhomelessness.org/actions/tell-congress-to-support-and-increase-annual-homelessness-funding/

2. Personalize the letter and to tell your Member of Congress who you are, what you do, and why you’re writing.

3. Send the letter!

Congress Must Include Affordable Housing in Final Budget Negotiations

As Congress nears final budget negotiations on emergency relief legislation, now is the time to reach out to your elected officials and ensure that they understand the importance of expanding rental assistance and building affordable housing. Here’s how to get involved:

1. Enter your contact information [click the link below] to find your Member of Congress.

https://endhomelessness.org/actions/congress-must-include-affordable-housing-in-final-budget-negotiations/

2. Personalize the letter and tell your Member of Congress who you are, what you do, and why you’re writing.

3. Send the letter!

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Trauma is an integral part of the Black Male American experience

From the origins of brutality, captivity and barbarism that marked the arrival of Africans to the United States; to the generations of marginalization and oppression that impeded their pursuit of freedom and equality; to systemic institutional and cultural factors that continue to impede quality of life at disproportionately high rates, it can be argued that trauma is an integral part of the Black Male American experience, as baked in as the legacy of mistreatment that continues to impact their everyday lives.

Ironically, one of the glaring byproducts of this legacy of inequality is a fundamental disparity in access to care for the very trauma and mental illness that it creates.

Drug Rehab USA created a black men mental health guide because it is not in the public eye enough and quite frankly, black men matter!

Here is the link to the mental health guide:

Black Men Matter – Examining Mental Health Issues Among Black Men – A Guide To Freedom

In this guide:

• From The Origins Of Brutality, Captivity And Barbarism

• Rates Of Mental Illness Among Black And African American Men

• Mental Health Treatment Barriers Facing Black And African American Men

• Mental Health Resources For Black And African American Men