WASHINGTON, DC  (October 19) - The Obama Administration held the second Full Council meeting of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness on Thursday, October 19. It was the first meeting chaired by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, who was elected chair by his fellow Cabinet Members and agency heads at the Council's first meeting on June 18, 2009.

Members of the homeless advocacy community including the National Law Center on Homelessness and Policy, National Alliance to End Homelessness, and National Coalition for the Homeless attended and participated. Council members also discussed the 2010 Census with Department of Commerce Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Rebecca Blank pictured speaking.  Under Secretary Blank is pictured here with Cabinet Secretaries Sebelius, Donovan, Solis, and Shinseki
and Council acting director Pete Dougherty.  Here is the link to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness web site: http://www.usich.gov.