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Who Wichita can look to as it sketches out plan for homeless center

Stefania Lugli

July 24, 2024 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

Multiagency centers such as Haven for Hope in San Antonio address homelessness by offering shelter and access to key resources under one roof, with 77 agencies collaborating to help connect clients to services. Last fiscal year, Haven for Hope served nearly 9,500 people, and the city has seen a decrease in unsheltered homelessness, though homelessness overall continues to increase.

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New Indigenous-led shelter provides help to those in need

Amelia Schafer

April 02, 2024 |

ICT News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Rapid City, South Dakota

Pejuta Waste O’Tipi is an indigenous-led resource that provides support to the local homeless community, including shelter, meals, cultural healing, peer support and leadership training to help them reenter the community. The shelter serves meals to over 100 people each day, and more than half of the participants have maintained sobriety since visiting the shelter.

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Protecting Sacramento's unhoused pet community

Keyshawn Davis

March 01, 2024 |

The Sacramento Observer |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The Bradshaw Animal Shelter’s PAWS mobile clinic travels to homeless encampments and shelters throughout the community to provide care to residents’ pets, including vaccinations, microchips, flea, tick and parasite prevention, as well as spay and neuter services, free of charge.

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Western Oregon church hosts residential huts in parking lot as part of its housing ministry

David Paulsen

February 16, 2024 |

Episcopal News Service |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Springfield, Oregon

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church's overnight parking program offers those who are temporarily unhoused a place to stay, typically by camping in their cars or RVs. Recently, the Church partnered with local social service agencies to add three semi-permanent housing huts to their parking lot. Residents staying in the hut have access to amenities in the Church, like a kitchen, and are welcome to stay as long as they need to until they decide to move into more permanent accommodations.

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Why Boston's wealthy Back Bay said yes, in our backyard

Troy Aidan Sambajon

February 14, 2024 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

When plans for a new private hotel fell through, community organizations and developers like Pine Street Inn took over the 140 Clarendon building to provide permanent, supportive housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness. Pine Street Inn now owns and operates more than 440 permanent supportive housing locations, providing a home for about 900 people in the Greater Boston area.

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How a county has reached 'functional zero' for chronic homelessness

Matt Pearl

September 07, 2023 |

Scripps News |

Multi-Media |

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Response Location: United States, Bergen, New Jersey

Efforts from the local Housing, Health and Human Services Center helped make Bergen the first — and one of the few — U.S. cities that have reached functional zero for chronic homelessness. Through providing counseling services and helping those in need access care and other resources like employment, the Center has helped several people secure housing, nearly eliminating long-term homelessness for veterans and those struggling with conditions like addiction and other mental illnesses.

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Portland had the guts to find safe sites for its homeless. Does Sacramento?

Tom Philip

July 31, 2023 |

Sacramento Bee |

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Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

In response to managing the homeless crisis, several Safe Rest Villages have emerged throughout the city. These are small, individual units on city-owned land, separate from nearby neighborhoods. There are currently seven active Safe Rest Villages in the city and they have created 350 transitional housing opportunities for the local homeless population.

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How Texas shrank its homelessness population — and what it can teach California

Marisa Kendall

June 28, 2023 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Efforts throughout Texas to reduce homelessness are serving as inspiration for states like California, that have similar homelessness issues. From committing funding to homeless reduction programs to establishing more advanced shelters like The Navigation Center, the state recorded a 28% drop in homelessness last year and has helped several individuals transition into permanent housing.

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Inside a Texas homeless village that inspires California replicas: Art, movies and a fishing pond

Marisa Kendall

June 28, 2023 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Community First! Village is a 51-acre tiny home and RV village that serves as home for 350 formerly unhoused people, providing both shelter and a sense of community and connection. The Village offers a community garden, fishing pond, game room, ceramics studio and even an outdoor movie theater. Community First! Village’s success has even been inspiring California leaders to replicate the effort in areas of the state with high rates of homelessness.

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A Texas city shelters nearly all homeless residents in one place. It's turning heads in California

Marisa Kendall

June 28, 2023 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

Haven for Hope is a large, 22-acre, 1,600-person shelter that serves 85% of the city’s homeless population. It’s an all-inclusive space that provides a place to stay, as well as access to services like medical and dental care, counseling services, mental health care, childcare, job and housing assistance.

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