Kat Lilley-Blair

Mom to seven amazing people; mental health and housing advocate.

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

**Women now make up half of U.S. workers (49.9%)**

That's only happened twice before in US history:
December 2019 just before pandemic
2009 after many men lost jobs in Great Recession

Forget the "She-session." This is a Working women boom.

[SchoolHouse Connection @SchoolHouseConn]

@usedgov must implement FAFSA Simplification Act reforms for these students NOW. Find SHC’s policy recommendations + see your state’s homeless and foster FAFSA numbers at https://t.co/MLE2hYNxvU. (4/4)

[Kat Lilley-Blair @KatLilley1]

@ClaasEhlers I’m so sorry Claas. He was the best grumpy mini dinosaur.

[First Focus Campaign for Children @Campaign4Kids]

#Champions4Children

[Kat Lilley-Blair @KatLilley1]

@ClaasEhlers An important question: Did the increase in Sheltered Homlessness reduce Unsheltered Homelessness? The downside of the data from last year is many communities didn’t conduct an unsheltered PIT, so we don’t know if we effectively engaged those without shelter during COVID.

[Kat Lilley-Blair @KatLilley1]

@fpnational @FamilyPromiseGR @WOTV4Women Congrats Cheryl! So great to see your amazing work recognized. Well deserved!

[Family Promise @fpnational]

11 million households now pay more than 50% of their income for housing–an increase of 4.3 million households since 2001.

[UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools @ctschoolsucla]

Did you know that 92% of homeless liaisons spend less than 25% of their time carrying out their duties? We need more time and resources allocated to these roles so that liaisons can more effectively perform in their jobs. 🔗 in bio to learn more! #stateofcrisis #homelessness

[First Focus Campaign for Children @Campaign4Kids]

Formerly Homeless Youth Urge Congress to Act During Pandemic - Youth Today https://t.co/woHtwXXH3d

Call your U.S. senators and ask them to cosponsor and pass S. 3923, the Emergency Family Stabilization Act by Sen. @lisamurkowski and @Sen_JoeManchin!

[Family Promise @fpnational]

"Disparities, researchers say, are the result of centuries of discrimination in housing, criminal justice, child welfare and education."

✍️@teresawiltz/@pewtrusts

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[Family Promise @fpnational]

Join @ClaasEhlers and @KatLilley1 for a Facebook Live discussion tomorrow at 4pm EST!

They'll be discussing Family Promise's response to #COVID19.

Bookmark this link to watch: https://t.co/xNdUrsahfU

[Kat Lilley-Blair @KatLilley1]

Friday happiness at NeW Promise Family Shelter. ❤️

[Kat Lilley-Blair @KatLilley1]

@hardlynormal For real: The shelter system does not and has never had the capacity to support these families with children. Emergency COVID dollars need to have the flexibility to support keeping these families safe, socially distanced, and with a roof over their head.

[Mark Horvath @hardlynormal]

How come no one is talking about homeless families in hotels that are being evicted to the streets because parents are now not working? Hotels are not governed by eviction laws. They just throw families out often without notice!

[Family Promise @fpnational]

"The economic fallout of this crisis will disproportionately impact families in poverty."

~@ClaasEhlers

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[Claas Ehlers @ClaasEhlers]

Critical to provide effective services for families at risk of or experiencing #homelessness. We are working to have more @fpnational Affiliates doing this. Leveraging the community in our rotational model, but expanding out to diversion & other solutions that are low barrier.

[Family Promise @fpnational]

Did you know @FamilyPromiseCS recently opened Colorado's FIRST low barrier family shelter!?

[Invisible People ➤ Imagine Everyone With a Home @invisiblepeople]

With no place to go, many mothers head to the street. How do the numbers reflect this? A startling 80% of homeless mothers have been victims of domestic violence. https://t.co/6msP31D5Gp

[Kat Lilley-Blair @KatLilley1]

New family shelter adds important homeless resource in Colorado Springs https://t.co/fJfFrFAokd