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Supporters
of the Bringing America
Home Act.
updated: June 16, 2006
How
you can help:
The Bringing America Home Act, reintroduced November 16 by Congresswoman Julia Carson (D-IN), has 35 Congressional co-sponsors.
9 original cosponsors are:
Michael Capuano (MA)
Luis Gutierrez (IL)
Barbara Lee (CA)
Donald Payne (NJ)
Lynn Woolsey (CA)
John Conyers, Jr. (MI)
Dennis Kucinich (OH)
Jim McDermott (WA)
Bernard Sanders (VT)
Additional cosponsors include:
Raul Grijalva (AZ)
Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX)
Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA)
Hilda Solis (CA)
Donna Christensen (VI)
Lane Evans (IL)
John Lewis (GA)
James McGovern (MA)
Major R. Owens (NY)
Janice Schakowsky (IL)
Edolphus Towns (NY)
Charles Rangel (NY)
Elijah Cummings (MD)
Chaka Fattah (PA)
Cynthia McKinney (GA)
Gwen Moore (WI)
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD)
Robert Wexler (FL)
Corrine Brown (FL)
Rahm Emanuel (IL)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Artur Davis (AL)
Michael Honda (CA)
Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI)
Bobby Rush (IL)
Stephen Lynch (MA)
Cities that issued resolutions supporting the Act. Resolutions include:
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Warwick, Rhode Island
- Bristol, Rhode Island
- Lakewood, Ohio
- Greenwood, SC
- Burlington, VT
- Detroit, MI
- Austin, TX
Please click here to download a sample resolution to get *your* city to support the Act.
Organizations who have endorsed the Bringing America Home Act include:
National Organizations
- Call to Renewal
- Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
- Coalition on Human Needs
- The Corporation for Supportive Housing
- ENPHRONT
- Local Initiatives Support Council
- The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
- National Association of Housing Cooperatives
- National Association of HUD Tenants
- National Center on Family Homelessness
- National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
- National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
- National Council of La Raza
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council
- National Housing Law Center
- National Housing Law Project
- The National Housing Trust Fund Campaign
- National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
- National Organization for Women (NOW)
- National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness
- NETWORK
- North American Street Newspaper Association
- Prisons Foundations
- Rainbow-PUSH Coalition
- Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism
- Results
- SEIU
- Sisters of Mercy Institute
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- U.S. Conference of Mayors
- United Farm Workers of America
- United for a Fair Economy
- Universal Living Wage Campaign
Local/State Organizations:
- Aids Volunteers of Cincinnnati (AVOC)
- The Alpha Connection (Punta Gorda, FL)
- Ashtabula County Community Housing Development Organization, INC (OH)
- Bethany House Serivces (OH)
- Beyond the Boundaries Housing Subcommittee (Ellicott City, MD)
- Beyond Shelter (CA)
- Bridgeways, Inc. (OH)
- Calvary Women's Services (DC)
- The Center for Community Solutions (OH)
- Center for Women in Transition (Champaign, IL)
- Charlie's Place (DC)
- Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless/ WIN Program (FL)
- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (Denver, CO)
- Community Home Ownership (Fridley, MN)
- Community Psychologists of Minnesota, Inc. (Columbia Heights, MN)
- Cradles to Crayons (Quincy, MA)
- Design W(DC)
- DC Action for Children (DC)
- Elim Transitional Housing, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
- Empowerment First (Florida)
- First Christian Church (Port Charlotte, FL)
- Free to Camp Coalition (Phoenix, AZ)
- Georgia Task Force for the Homeless (GA)
- Greater Cincinatti Coalition for the Homeless
- Haven House, Inc. (Jeffersonville, IN)
- HAVEN House (MO)
- Heart House, Inc. (Lawrenceberg, IN)
- High Hope Employment Services, Inc. (MO)
- Hispanic Community Outreach Program, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Des Moines (IA)
- Hogar Padre Venard (Puerto Rico)
- Homeless Action Network of Detroit (Detroit, MI)
- House the Homeless, Inc. (TX)
- The House of Hope for Men (MI)
- The House of Hope Transitional Living Center (KS)
- House of Love for the Homeless, Inc. (PR)
- Housing Alliance of PA (PA)
- Hunger Action Network of New York State (NY)
- Huntingtonhomeless group (WV)
- Indiana Coalition for the Homeless
- Integrated Community Solutions, Inc (Fridley, MN)
- Iglesia del Cristo Soberano (PR)
- La Coalicion de Apoyo Continuo a Personas Sin Hogar (Puerto Rico)
- La Fondita de Jesus (Puerto Rico)
- Labor Line Services (FL)
- Leadership Conference of Women Religious (Silver Spring, MD)
- Loaves & Fishes (CA)
- Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness (Los Angeles, CA)
- May Dugan Center (OH)
- Mental Health Association of New Mexico
- Mercy Hospital and Medical Center (Chicago, Ill.)
- The (Metro Atlanta) Task Force for the Homeless (Atlanta, GA)
- MPH Enterprises LLC (OH)
- Multi-County Community Service Agency (Meridian, Miss.)
- N Street Village (Washington, DC)
- Nashville Peace and Justice Center (TN)
- Nashville Homeless Power Project (TN)
- New Hampshire Homeless
- The Next Step Foundation, Inc. (Princeton, NJ)
- Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (Cleveland, OH)
- Northern Kentucky Housing And Homeless Coalition, Incorporated
- Ohio District 10 Congressional Homelessness Summit (Lakewood, OH)
- Operation Enduring Independence (Kenner, LA)
- Operation Get Down (Detroit, MI)
- Operation Hope Educational and Development Corporation (Decatur, GA)
- Orange County Community Housing Corporation (California)
- Organization (OH)
- Our Brothers’ Keeper (Detroit, MI)
- The Partnership Center, Ltd. (Newport, Kentucky)
- People’s Emergency Center (Philadelphia, PA)
- People Who Care (Canada)
- President Advisory Board City of Boston (Boston, MA)
- Progressive Options, Inc. (OR)
- Project Home (Madison, WI)
- Rays of Hope Advocate for the Homeless (Nashville, TN)
- Resident Advisory Board City of Boston (MA)
- Residents for Affordable Housing (Minneapolis, MN)
- Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless
- Sacred Heart Church (Jeffersonville, IN)
- Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service (St. Charles, MO)
- St. Joseph’s Mercy Care Services, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Saint Louis University School of Social Service (St. Louis, MO)
- St. Louis Catholic Church (Ellicott City, MD)
- St. Stephens Housing Services (Minnesota)
- The Salvation Army, Laconia, NH
- The Salvation Army, Concord, NH
- San Francisco Coalition for the Homeless
- Sisters Of Mercy (Cudahy, WI)
- Sisters of Mercy, Chicago
- Sisters of Mercy (Bronx, NY)
- Sisters of Mercy (WI)
- Sisters of Mercy, Regional Community Leadership Team of New Hampshire (Windham, NH)
- Sisters of Mercy Associates- Omaha Region
- Sisters of Mercy Associates- Rochester Region
- Sisters of Mercy Associates- Regional Community of New Jersey
- Sisters of Mercy Associates- Vermont Regional Community
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Rochester Regional Community
- Sisters of Mercy Baltimore Regional Community (MD)
- Souls For Christ Deliverance Center (Detroit, MI)
- Southern Indiana Housing Initiative
- Southwest Florida Addiction Services, Inc.
- Southwest Florida Coalition for the Homeless
- Stella Maris (OH)
- Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor (OH)
- Supportive Housing Association of NJ (Cranford, NJ)
- Taking It To The Street Ministries (Dorchester, MA)
- Transitions, Inc. (Bellevue, KY)
- Universal Healthcare Action Network (OH)
- Welcome House of Northern Kentucky, Inc.
- Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging (OH)
- Westhab, Inc. (NY)
- Wider Opportunities for Women (DC)
- Williams Emergency Housing Center (Jeffersonville, IN)
- Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice (Cleveland (OH)
- Wyoming Coalition for the Homeless (Cheyenne, WY)
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