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TAC'S STRATEGIC PARTNERS
TAC has created strategic partnership with numerous national organizations to foster the mutual goals of advancing public policy, improving services, and generating greater access to affordable housing.  The Melville Trust concentrates its efforts on finding and fighting the causes of homelessness. The Trust also funds educational, research and advocacy initiatives in the state and on the national level.  Established in 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based in Princeton, N.J. is the largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care in the United States.  The CCD Housing Task Force works with Congress and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to increase access to decent, safe and affordable housing for all people with disabilities and to protect the rights guaranteed under the Fair Housing Act.  The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis. NLIHC educates, organizes and advocates to ensure decent, affordable housing within healthy neighborhoods for everyone.  The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness.  From its inception in 1979, NAMI has been dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. For three decades, NAMI has established itself as the most formidable grassroots mental health advocacy organization in the country.   HSRI was established in 1976 with the express purpose of assisting states and the federal government to enhance services and supports to people with mental illness and people with mental retardation, and to support the development of alternatives to congregate care facilities.  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is the leading national legal advocate for people with mental disabilities. The Center uses a coordinated approach of litigation, policy analysis, coalition-building, public information and technical support for local advocates to: defend hard-won rights for people with mental disabilities; ensure access to educational opportunities and benefits for children and adults; respect self-determination and choice for people with mental disabilities; and hold public systems accountable for the safety and welfare of those they serve.  CSH works through collaboration with private, non-profit and government partners to facilitate an expansion of permanent supportive housing. |