{"id":1781663,"date":"2022-12-20T12:29:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781663"},"modified":"2022-12-20T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:33:30","slug":"biden-admin-releases-plan-to-teach-emergency-shelters-how-to-provide-gender-affirming-care-to-the-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-releases-plan-to-teach-emergency-shelters-how-to-provide-gender-affirming-care-to-the-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Releases Plan to Teach Emergency Shelters How to Provide &#8220;Gender Affirming Care&#8221; to the Homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-releases-plan-to-teach-emergency-shelters-how-to-provide-gender-affirming-care-to-the-homeless%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781663&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">The Biden administration on Monday released a plan to counter homelessness that calls for teaching emergency shelters how to provide &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-political-appointees-hiv-council-woke-pasts-tied-drag-queen-story-hour-planned-parenthood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender-affirming<\/a>&#8221; services to homeless people, and promoting &#8220;gender-affirming care&#8221; as an inclusive element of caring for homeless people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;The key components to effective emergency shelter include culturally appropriate, gender-affirming, and specific, low-barrier access and housing-focused services aimed at rapid exits back to permanent housing,&#8221; according to the plan released by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>The plan calls on federal agencies to work with cities to provide &#8220;guidance, training, and technical assistance&#8221; on &#8220;inclusive models&#8221; such as &#8220;gender-affirming care&#8221; and harm reduction strategies for drug use. The plan encourages partnerships between housing, disability and health care groups to &#8220;create better resources for providers to connect program participants to culturally appropriate and gender-affirming housing resources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-political-appointees-hiv-council-woke-pasts-tied-drag-queen-story-hour-planned-parenthood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN POLITICAL APPOINTEES TO HIV COUNCIL HAVE &#8216;WOKE&#8217; PASTS TIED TO DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR, PLANNED PARENTHOOD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Biden-trans-surgery.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Biden&#039;s homelessness plan emphasizes the need for gender-affirming care and services.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Biden&#8217;s homelessness plan emphasizes the need for gender-affirming care and services.\n      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness consists of 19 federal agencies and counts racial equity, decriminalization and inclusion as some of its core values.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has access to billions of dollars to fight homelessness. The American Rescue Plan signed in 2021 provided $5 billion for emergency housing vouchers and another $5 billion for a homelessness program.<\/p>\n<p>There were 580,466 homeless people in 2020 \u2014 the largest mark since 2013, according to endhomelssness.org.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-administration-funds-study-train-drug-addicts-distribute-covid-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FUNDS STUDY ON HOW TO TRAIN DRUG ADDICTS TO DISTRIBUTE COVID TESTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-17-at-12.25.44-PM.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The White House has declared gender-affirming care as \" lifesaving \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      The White House has declared gender-affirming care as &#8220;lifesaving&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Screenshot\/Twitter)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House has promoted gender-affirming care as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-funds-studies-dangers-transgender-hormone-treatments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lifesaving<\/a>&#8221; in response to Republicans efforts at the state level to ban transgender treatments for minors.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration launched the first federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-administration-funds-study-train-drug-addicts-distribute-covid-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harm reduction<\/a> program this year, which provides $30 million in grants that can be used to purchase drug paraphernalia such as syringes and &#8220;smoking kits.&#8221; Its homelessness plan will &#8220;promote the integration of high impact harm reduction interventions within emergency shelters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-funds-studies-dangers-transgender-hormone-treatments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FUNDS STUDIES ON DANGER OF TRANSGENDER HORMONAL TREATMENTS EVEN AS IT PUSHES THEM ON KIDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Biden-Indonesia-2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The White House harm reduction plan includes support for harm reduction strategies for drug use.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      The White House harm reduction plan includes support for harm reduction strategies for drug use.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP\/Alex Brandon)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The homelessness plan also emphasizes the importance of establishing alternatives to the &#8220;criminalization of homelessness.&#8221; This includes a condemnation of efforts to clear homeless &#8220;tent cities&#8221; \u2014 a strategy enforced this year by heavily Democratic cities such as Seattle, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As elected leaders respond\u2014and not always in the most effective ways\u2014some have resorted to clearing encampments without providing alternative housing options for the people living in them,&#8221; the plan stated.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to a request for comment. The homelessness plan does not specify on what sort of transgender or harm reduction treatments are supported or encouraged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Patrick Hauf is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration on Monday released a plan to counter homelessness that calls for teaching emergency shelters how to provide &#8220;gender-affirming&#8221; services to homeless people, and promoting &#8220;gender-affirming care&#8221; as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1781666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[7535,4496,3620,5458,6980,4469,4685,4586,4025,7373,6171,3819,10600,5834],"class_list":["post-1781663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-affirming","tag-admin","tag-biden","tag-bongino","tag-care","tag-emergency","tag-gender","tag-homeless","tag-plan","tag-provide","tag-releases","tag-report","tag-shelters","tag-teach"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1781663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1781666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1781663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1781663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1781663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}