The Florida Coalition to End Homelessness (FCEH) members stand as one voice to improve policy and increase funding to prevent and end homelessness in the State of Florida.
Legislative Advocacy begins with you! FCEH welcomes you to join our team to advocate for our legislative priorities and to provide examples of great work in your community. FCEH will provide the resources and guides, but we depend on our members to share your success.
FCEH Members provide input and suggestions for each year’s State Legislative Priorities and our CoC Members approve the agenda. We need to be advocates at every level of Government - local communities, State, and Federal.
Nationwide, more and more communities are deciding to fine, arrest and/our involuntarily institutionalize individuals only because they are unable to sustain housing. You are the experts, you need to share your experiences and provide data to show the return on investment for your programs are better than the alternative approach.
The "skinny budget" that the President has proposed is devastating to a locally developed response system that the Federal CoC Program currently funds. It eliminates funding for housing and supports for disabled persons who were homeless for a long time. These programs have a 96% success rate for keeping people housed and not in costly state hospitals or jails.
Please read the impact of the CoCs and FCEH's response to the proposed plan.
The local community response to homelessness is at risk. We invite you to join FCEH today to be part of the solution and to support our work to make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring in the State of Florida.
Use our talking points or provide your local data. Share how important the funding is for your community and the great work that you are doing locally. We have added additonal information to share or use as a template.
State House and Senate members hold a meeting annually in each district to hear constituents' priorities.
Townhalls provide an opportunity for you to speak out against harmful policies at the Federal level. Be respectful, speak about the policies that will be harmful to your organization or clients. Provide handouts ahead of time to your Representative's office.
It's important for you to share your experience with elected officials so they can implement cost-effective solutions to unsheltered homelessness. The cost of doing nothing is higher than providing housing.