A Plan to Make Homelessness History

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/a-plan-to-make-homelessness-history

David Bornstein

The New York Times

20 December 2010

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By partnering with cities across America, the 100,000 Homes campaign is going directly to the streets to end homelessness - and it’s working. With roughly 700,000 people in the United States experiencing homelessness, this organization seeks to address that using a tiered system that considers individual health needs as well.

Drugs and Abusive Father Drove Her Into Military Life

http://womensenews.org/story/military/150830/drugs-and-abusive-father-drove-her-military-life

Léa Bouchoucha

Women's eNews

31 August 2015

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At least 25 percent of female veterans were sexually abused in childhood, making it more difficult to reenter civilian life. Volunteers of America runs a holistic housing program for homeless veterans in the U.S.

Female Veterans pose homeless challenge for VA

https://womensenews.org/2015/04/female-veterans-pose-homeless-challenge-for-va

Léa Bouchoucha

Women's eNews

1 April 2015

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Female veterans are more likely to have a history of trauma, be unemployed, and be homeless. To address this disparity, the VA has started awarding grants to organizations that help female vets.

New Orleans ends veteran homelessness

http://nationswell.com/new-orleans-ends-veteran-homelessness

Chris Peak

NationSwell

20 January 2015

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New Orleans implemented an extraordinary 10-year plan that engaged unprecedented cross-sector collaboration between government, non-profit, and private entities to provide housing and housing services to the city's homeless veterans. The city's success in providing homes for every single veteran formerly on their streets motivated cities across the nation to tackle the crises using similar means, leading to a 1/3 decline veteran homelessness since 2010.

New Phoenix team tackles recidivism of those with mental illness

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/01/27/new-team-tackles-recidivism-mentally/22386237

Megan Cassidy

The Arizona Republic

27 January 2015

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Assertive community treatment teams working through outreach-centered programs in Maricopa County have become an industry standard for treating those with persistent and severe mental illnesses who have recently been incarcerated. They provide a long-term approach, aiming to halt a cycle of incarceration and hospitalization by focusing on underlying issues such as what caused the police interaction and incarceration.

Land, Co-ops, Compost: A Local Food Economy Emerges in Boston's Poorest Neighborhoods

http://www.yesmagazine.org/commonomics/boston-s-emerging-food-economy

Penn Loh

Yes! Magazine

7 November 2014

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By the 1980s, Roxbury and north Dorchester had been devastated by the disinvestment and white flight of the 1960s and 1970s. Racist banking and housing policies (“redlining”) had segregated people of color from opportunity, barring them from getting home loans except in certain neighborhoods. So the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) brought together residents to develop their own comprehensive plan to revitalize their community, building a community food system along the way.

Houston's solution to mental health system problems offers a case study for Milwaukee

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/houstons-solution-to-mental-health-system-problems-offers-a-case-study-for-milwaukee-b9928490z1-210715811.html

Meg Kissinger

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

8 June 2013

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In Houston, TX, many individuals with mental illnesses cycled in and out of emergency care while arrested or incarcerated. Houston’s police department has decreased the number of incarcerated who have mental illness by opening a division to mental health called the Chronic Consumer Stabilization Unit. Now Milwaukee seeks to replicate Houston’s results.

In This World Cup, the Goal Is a Better Life

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/in-this-world-cup-the-goal-is-a-better-life

Tina Rosenberg

The New York Times

9 October 2014

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The Homeless World Cup is the premier soccer tournament for homeless players. Programs around the world use soccer as a means of building a sense of community, sublimating negative energies, and encouraging personal growth.

Seattle's micro-housing booms offers an affordable alternative

http://www.seattletimes.com/news/seattles-micro-housing-boom-offers-an-affordable-alternative

Susan Kelleher

The Seattle Times

4 March 2015

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People need a place to sleep and eat, they need privacy, but they also need community. Seattle had a recent boom in micro-housing which offers a community living model where individuals have a personal tiny room and bathroom but share a kitchen.

Reaching into a void: For mayor's team of street crusaders, getting the chronically homeless into housing requires patience as they battle their addictions -- and persistence if they relapse

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Reaching-into-a-void-For-mayor-s-team-of-street-2631402.php#photo-2114001

Kevin Fagan

SFGate

6 December 2004

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San Francisco's Care Not Cash program began in 2004 in response to the city's homelessness crisis. One facet of the program is an outreach team, whose members regularly visit homeless people on the street to connect them to resources such as housing and drug rehabilitation.