Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless

10/01/2026

As colder weather approaches, help us bring warmth to our neighbors experiencing homelessness.

During National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, the Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless (MACH) will collect blankets, coats, hats, gloves, scarves, and other winter essentials for people living outdoors throughout the River Region.

💙 Gather items to donate.
💙 Organize a collection at your workplace, church, school, or community group.
💙 Share this post and invite others to participate!

Every donation can help someone face the winter with greater warmth and comfort.

📍Collection locations and times will be announced soon.

Follow our page for updates!

09/24/2026

📬 MACH MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL INVOICES HAVE BEEN MAILED!

MACH’s new membership year runs October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. Current members, please watch your mail for your renewal invoice. We appreciate your continued partnership and commitment to addressing homelessness and housing instability throughout the River Region.

Not a member yet? We would love to welcome you!

MACH membership is open to:

• Individuals and community advocates
• Homelessness and housing-service providers
• Nonprofit and faith-based organizations
• Businesses and landlords
• Healthcare and behavioral-health providers
• Educational and workforce organizations
• Government and public-safety agencies
• Legal, social-service, and community partners
• Anyone committed to strengthening our community’s response to homelessness

Why become a MACH member?

• Connect and network with service providers and community leaders.
• Attend bi-monthly membership meetings and share information and resources.
• Help identify service gaps and strengthen the delivery of homeless assistance.
• Participate in advisory committees and community planning.
• Add your experience, perspective, and voice to AL-504’s coordinated response.
• Organizational members receive individual membership benefits, may share in pooled resources available for distribution, and have opportunities to apply for HUD Continuum of Care funding, subject to applicable eligibility and competition requirements.

Annual membership dues:

Individual Membership: $10
Organizational Membership: $50

Together, we can create a stronger, more coordinated community response so that individuals and families experiencing homelessness are connected to housing, services, and hope.

Renew your membership or become a new member today:
https://midalhomeless.org/membership/

Questions? Contact MACH at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or (334) 261-6182.

09/21/2026

"Housing will never solve homelessness, but community will.” — Alan Graham, Founder of Mobile Loaves and Fishes, Austin, Texas

Housing is essential—but lasting stability also requires connection, treatment, employment opportunities, healthcare, encouragement, and people willing to walk alongside one another.

At the Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless, we believe no single organization can end homelessness alone. It takes coordinated service providers, local leaders, businesses, faith communities, volunteers, landlords, and neighbors working together.

When a community replaces fragmentation with collaboration, referrals become relationships, services become pathways, and housing can become a true home.

Together, we can build a community where every person is seen, supported, and given a meaningful opportunity to achieve lasting stability.

09/19/2026

The FY 2026 CoC Program Competition is officially moving forward and reopened!

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has reopened the competition and established a new federal submission deadline of September 30, 2026, at 7:00 PM CST/ 8:00 PM ET.

MACH is immediately resuming the AL-504 local competition process. All project applicants should CHECK YOUR EMAIL for important information from MACH regarding next steps, updated local deadlines, and the Ranking & Review process.

With an extremely tight deadline, it is important that applicants review and respond to MACH communications as soon as possible.

The complete list of selected and ranked projects will appear on our website here shortly.

Competition updates and information will also be available at: https://midalhomeless.org/coc/

09/03/2026

It’s always nice to put faces to names that you interact with daily. Thank you to the HUD regional field office for stopping by and visiting HUD CoC AL-504 today!

09/01/2026

08/22/2026

💯% on some of the causes of homelessness.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1035097579400366/?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&fs=e&fs=e

08/19/2026

The heat we have had over the past several days is dangerous, especially for our unsheltered neighbors in need, and other vulnerable populations including seniors and those with chronic health conditions. We are proud to partner with The Salvation Army of Montgomery, AL—serving the River Region and Montgomery Alabama Emergency Management to host a community cooling center this week at Salvation Army’s main office located at 3460 Carter Hill Road. As always, our local public library branches throughout the community also serve as a location to get some relief from the heat.

Anyone in the community wishing to help are invited to drop off bottled water, and other electrolyte replacements drinks. The Salvation Army, Friendship Mission, Inc., and Mercy House / MAP Center will make sure those get out to our unsheltered community, and we are always quick to share with our other community partners serving the homeless.

Check on your neighbors, and those at risk. We are all in this together!

Triple-digit heat puts Montgomery’s homeless population at risk, officials say

For people experiencing homelessness, the prolonged Alabama heat wave has turned basic survival into a daily struggle.

08/17/2026

Cooling center open today and tomorrow. 3460 Carter Hill Road.

Anyone in the community needing reprieve from the heat are welcome! Community members wanting to know how they can help??? We will gladly accept bottled water, electrolyte drinks, and individually wrapped snack items.

08/07/2026

Breaking news regarding the current HUD FY 2026 CoC Competition Grant....

In the US District Court of Rhode Island, a Memorandum and Order was issued by the Honorable Mary S. McElroy who had two cases before her regarding the FY2026 HUD CoC Competition Grant in the State of Washington, et al v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al; and National Alliance to End Homelessness, et al v. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The court set aside HUD’s FY 2026 Continuum of Care (CoC) NOFO in its entirety, ruling that HUD violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by issuing the NOFO without engaging in the notice‑and‑comment process required by federal law—specifically the McKinney‑Vento Act (MVA). The court did not issue a permanent injunction, but the NOFO cannot proceed.

The court held that HUD's June 2026 NOFO was procedurally invalid because it failed to conduct the required public notice and comment process before attempting to overhaul national homelessness policy and was in direct violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA).

The court also emphasized that HUD's $1.3 billion "set-aside" for transitional housing (TH) and service-heavy supportive services only (SSO) programs constituted an incentive under 42 U.S.C. § 11386b(d), triggering mandatory notice‑and‑comment requirements.

The court found that HUD’s attempt to replace Housing First with transitional housing and service‑conditioned programs fell under the statutory category requiring public comment.

HUD’s arguments—that the set‑aside was not an incentive, that the statute gave broad discretion, or that informal public engagement was sufficient—were all rejected.

The court refused to permanently bar HUD from issuing similar NOFOs in the future.

HUD may attempt to reissue a NOFO with similar conditions only if it first completes proper notice‑and‑comment period.

We will keep you all posted as we learn more, and what this means for the current FY2026 HUD Continuum of Care Competition Grant that we have all been so diligently working on, as soon as that information has been made available.

The order can be found here: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.62569/gov.uscourts.rid.62569.34.0_1.pdf