The National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Washington, D.C., as a part of American Institutes for Research, is dedicated to helping homeless families. Its website includes resources for media members interested in homelessness. Contact Barbara Broman.

The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth works to make sure that children without a home have access to education.

The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness was formed in 1987 to coordinate the federal response to homelessness. It works to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the federal government in contributing to that end. […]

The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia is a historical society dedicated to the study of Lincoln. John Elliff is president.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is charged with caring for American veterans, their families and their survivors. Eric Shinseki has been Secretary 0f Veterans Affairs since January 2009.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the nation’s housing agency, charged with increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities, and creating affordable housing. Shaun Donovan has been the Secretary for HUD since January 2009.

The Abraham Lincoln Institute is an organization based in Washington, D.C., that provides free informational resources about the life and work of Lincoln.

David Dion DeGrazia is a philosophy professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He has written about the ethics of animal research and is the author of Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction.

Frankie Trull is founder and president of the Foundation for Biomedical Research, an organization that promotes the responsible use of animal testing in scientific labs.