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The struggle to help LGBTQ foster youth aging-out of the system

Ken Magri

April 28, 2022 |

Outword Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The Fostering Connections to Success Act helps aged-out foster children obtain housing, but it's not always easy for LGBTQ+ youth to find safe, accepting places to live. But with the newly implemented Resource Family Approval program, members of area child protective services departments and foster care representatives meet with potential foster families to evaluate how they would support LGBTQ+ youth in their home.

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Salem looks to solution-based housing for those experiencing homelessness

Blair Best

April 26, 2022 |

KGW-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

Micro-shelters with on-site case managers give people experiencing homelessness a stable place to live while connecting them to medical care and job opportunities.

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A solution to plastic bag waste that helps the homeless? This is ingenious

Jodi Mohrmann

April 25, 2022 |

WJXT-TV |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

Residents of an assisted living facility in Florida are recycling plastic shopping bags by crocheting them into sleeping mats for people experiencing homelessness.

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How one Mansfield church offers friendship and support to the unhoused

Katie Ellington Serrao

April 08, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

The City Center church campus provides services to unhoused residents or individuals who are struggling financially, including laundry, haircuts and meals, as well as a sense of compassion and community. In 2021 alone, the Center did 924 loads of laundry, provided 214 clothing appointments, 1,225 diapers and 109 free haircuts.

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The secret sauce behind Wichita's success in distributing emergency housing vouchers

Celia Hack

March 18, 2022 |

The Wichita Beacon |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Wichita, Kansas

A federal voucher program is seeing huge success in Wichita, Kansas with almost 70 percent usage rates. Coordination between nonprofits and the housing program are required for the success of the initiative, something that the city had in place prior to the program. Wichita also had a supply of affordable housing available for people experiencing housing instability. A lack of housing stock has been a huge barrier in the success of the federal program in other part of the country.

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A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom

Gail Cornwall

March 17, 2022 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The Stay Over Program allows families experiencing homelessness with children enrolled in the San Francisco Unified School District to use a high school gym as a shelter.

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How Vancouver's First United centres Indigenous healing

Nancy Painter

February 11, 2022 |

Broadview Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

First United Church Community Ministry Society serves a majority Indigenous clientele with a transitional shelter and space for people to get their mail and use the phone, take a shower, receive a hot meal, and consult with advocacy workers. Centering Indigenous leadership is key to the organization’s mission to provide a safe place for Indigenous people to heal and rebuild their identities.

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What can Houston teach L.A. about solving homelessness?

Marshall Ingwerson

January 30, 2022 |

Los Angeles Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Houston's success in drastically decreasing rates of homelessness can be a blueprint for the same goal in Los Angeles. Houston's "strategic clarity" includes a streamlined process for accessing homelessness services - organization that is lacking in LA. Additionally, Houston has been able to offer a path to permanent housing while decommissioning homeless encampments. Although the two cities grapple with unique challenges, the strategy employed in Houston can be applied to Los Angeles.

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Philly's Way Home navigates solutions on housing for LGBTQ+ people through first-in-the-country program

Andrew Kolba

January 25, 2022 |

Al Día News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Way Home is a rapid rehousing project designed specifically for LGBTQ+ adults. The program runs on a housing-first model with extremely low barriers for screening people out. This is particular important to address the needs of transgender and gender non-conforming people who have more barriers to employment, which is important to afford long-term housing. Using a $400,000 CARES Act grant, Way Home works with LGBTQ+-friendly landlords, and pays a portion of the rent for 40 LGBTQ+ residents facing homelessness. The program also offers bilingual services

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Salvatorian nuns build houses for war victims, widows in Sri Lanka

Thomas Scaria

January 06, 2022 |

Global Sisters Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sri Lanka, Kandy

A housing project overseen by the Salvatorian convent in Kandy, Sri Lanka has built basic homes for more than 200 families from different religious backgrounds. The project relies on funding from donors and ongoing community support to construct the houses, which are seen as a tool for promoting "total empowerment of the family."

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