Beyond Housing Award, 2016
The mission of the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness, in addition to spreading the word that homelessness is a children’s issue, is also to highlight the need for comprehensive approaches to homelessness that go beyond just housing. This can include programs and approaches that serve the additional needs that a family experiencing housing instability might have, including employment, education, child care, and health-related services.
The Beyond Housing Award honors people and organizations whose work exemplifies the idea that homelessness is much more than a housing issue. Recipients’ work goes “beyond housing” to provide services and support to homeless families while keeping the needs of children at the forefront. ICPH is currently accepting nominations for the second annual Beyond Housing Award, to be presented at the 2016 Beyond Housing Conference taking place in New York City, January 13-15, 2016.
Individuals and organizations (non-profit, for-profit, and governmental) are eligible to be nominated. Nominees should fit into one of these three categories:
- Service Provision: Innovative and results-rich approaches to service provision, especially focused on children
- Partnerships: Innovative partnerships, especially highlighting partnerships between homeless service providers and other community organizations (schools, libraries, clinics and medical services, children’s services, museums, universities, law enforcement, other) that demonstrate an approach to family homelessness that goes beyond housing
- Media: Innovative usage of journalism, media, and social media to highlight the issues of childhood poverty and homelessness
Beyond Housing Award, 2016
NOMINATION INFORMATION
Nominations for the Beyond Housing Award are currently being accepted. Please include the following information in a PDF or MS Word document that should not be longer than three (3) pages in length.
The cover letter found on the last page will need to be completed to include the following information:
- Into which of the three categories (service provision, partnerships, media; see previous page) the nomination is being submitted.
- Contact information of person submitting the nomination.
- Contact information for person or organization being nominated. If an organization is being nominated, please include the name and contact information for an organization representative.
Please answer the following questions. Responses may be as long or as short as needed to describe the nominee, but the application should not be more than three pages in total.
- Why are you nominating this person or organization?
- How does the nominee exemplify the values of the Beyond Housing Award? How does their work, attitude, mission, and/or philosophy go “beyond housing”?
- What have been some of the results of the work of this person or organization and how have they impacted children and families?
Please include links to or examples of the nominee’s work as appropriate.
Nomination applications are due by Monday, November 30, 2015.
Nomination forms can be submitted by:
- Email:
Please include “Beyond Housing Award, 2016” in the subject line.
- Mail: Katie Linek
Senior External Affairs Associate
ICPH – Beyond Housing Award, 2016
50 Cooper Square, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Call For Nominations
Please complete the cover letter below as part of the nomination application. Submissions must be received by Monday, November 30, 2015.
Nomination Category:
Service Provision Partnerships Media
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Nominee Contact Info:
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