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  • Chicago Leads the Fight for Food Justice by Building Innovative Local Food Ecosystems

    December 15, 2019 |

    LA Progressive |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    To fight food insecurity—especially with those experiencing homelessness—Chicago has created a network of programs and organizations across the city to support those who need it in many different ways. One example is the Homeless Outreach Luncheon at Marillac St. Vincent Family Services, offering a meal, sleeping bag, a coat/clothing, a doctor, podiatrist, lawyer, and more. This article takes a look at a few of these responses and details how they work.

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  • Houston, we have a solution: How the city curbed homelessness

    November 18, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Across the country, governments at every level are working to tackle homelessness. In Houston, connecting permanent housing to services has proven an effective strategy but it has required an increase in affordable housing stock and more strategic organization between non-profits and officials.

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  • What if I were homeless? An immersion course in empathy in San Francisco's Tenderloin

    September 14, 2019 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    An immersion course run by San Francisco's Glide Memorial Church aims to build empathy around the social problem of homelessness. The course has been given to many in the police force, who got a jolt from the immersion, and began to think more generously and creatively about the problem. Prosectors, investigators, and victim advocates also often take part.

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  • Atlanta refused to give up on homelessness. It's working.

    August 23, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta has seen a decline in rates of people experiencing homelessness from 2008-2018, a trend that is particularly meaningful as other cities contend with stubbornly high numbers. Part of the solution? A new source of more flexible and consistent funding allowing non-profits to provide the assistance needed and help get people into permanent supportive housing.

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  • Nevada teens find community as they navigate homelessness and adulthood together

    July 05, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

    Clark County, Nevada has one of the largest populations of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness - fifth in the nation after San Jose, New York, Seattle, and Los Angeles. Shelters like the Shannon West Homeless Youth center in Las Vegas do more just provide shelter and essential services, they also provide necessary space for youth to connect and support each other.

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  • Car but no home? Safe parking lots spread across West Coast.

    July 01, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In California and other western states, where the number of people experiencing homelessness has increased dramatically, some nonprofits are offering up parking lots as a place for those who live in their cars to stay safely overnight. While the programs are clearly a temporary measure, they offer more than just a lot for people to stay the night - there are also caseworkers available to help people navigate the complicated bureaucracy and get the supports they need.

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  • A City in Need of a Solution

    June 27, 2019 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Homelessness is a serious issue in any state, but outlined in this article are 3 unique approaches in 3 different states that have proven successful. Albuquerque, New Mexico, Orlando, Florida, and Detroit, Michigan have all figured out effective plans to get people off the streets. Solutions range from actually giving homeless people permanent housing to designing a 90 day action plan with them to get them back on their feet to offering a quick and easy way to make some money for food or a night at a hotel.

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  • New playground at Hope Harbor provides children with a safe space

    June 05, 2019 |

    KHGI-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Island, Nebraska

    Hope Harbor, an emergency and transitional shelter in Grand Island, Nebraska, is renovating its facilities to include a playground for the shelter’s children. Funded by various grants, the new addition will provide children experiencing housing insecurity with an outlet to be creative and play during a time that can often be traumatic.

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  • For homeless young adults, HomeBase offers structure, shelter and a way out

    May 20, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In Arizona, an emergency housing program called HomeBase gives homeless young people an opportunity for structure, community, and a second chance. The shelter is open to young adult men and women and provides classes like public-speaking skills, financial literacy, and an opportunity for journaling and meditation.

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  • What Denver can learn from homelessness policies in other states

    February 27, 2019 |

    KUSA-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    In Denver, residents and city officials are learning about how to better strategize to reduce chronic homelessness by following Utah's example - and learning from its failures. Utah's inability to sustain the investments in Housing First approaches that helped them to dramatically reduce the numbers of people experiencing chronically homelessness in the first place has caused those numbers to almost double, a warning to cities like Denver searching for solutions.

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