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  • More Seattleites are housing homeless people in their backyards, but it's hard to find the right fit

    November 18, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In Seattle, the BLOCK project started two years ago to build houses for those experiencing homelessness in backyards. While the project has slow-going - with only 9 matches between families and an unhoused person completed - that's in part because the non-profit is incredibly deliberate about its process in recognition of some controversy the idea has recieved.

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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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  • King County may borrow an idea from Australia to reduce youth homelessness. Readers wanted to know: How much does it cost?

    November 16, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: Australia

    In Australia, a universal survey in several secondary schools helps to identify students who are at risk of becoming homeless and connects them with wraparound services. The prevention-based model may soon be piloted in King County, Washington.

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  • Housing initiative for LGBTQ young people strives to create a ‘family bond'

    November 13, 2019 |

    Philadelphia Gay News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    For LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness and/or with a foster placement history, barriers to education, work, health, and general safety are a common experience. The Quads on Lancaster supportive housing program in Philadelphia offers a small amount of transition housing for LGBTQ youth who have aged out of the system, establishing personal connections and providing services to help participants prepare for adulthood.

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  • Host homes make homeless youth 'part of the family'

    November 01, 2019 |

    Kitsap Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Port Orchard, Washington

    The Coffee Oasis program in Port Orchard foregoes the traditional foster system and instead directly pairs homeless youth with a host family. Host families like the Coffee Oasis allow stable environments for teens or children on the verge of homelessness, allowing them to focus on issues like getting on track with school or finding a job.

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  • Books on wheels: When the library comes to the homeless shelter

    October 31, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A bookmobile program in Queens brings stories, computers and wifi to family shelters to help expand access to these vital resources to children and families without a permanent home. The book-filled bus has served over 1,400 children and adults in Queens and offers titles and videos in Spanish as well as free library cards for families.

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  • Housing The Homeless Is Actually Saving LA Money

    October 21, 2019 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In California, homeless populations oftentimes face much greater health issues which financially impacts the state's public health care system. To address barriers to obtaining housing, with a sub-goal of bettering people's health, Los Angeles County has implemented a housing for the homeless pilot project that makes housing a part of a health care plan.

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  • In Cahoots: How the unlikely pairing of cops and hippies became a national model

    October 20, 2019 |

    The Register-Guard |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Long before CAHOOTS became a national model for replacing police on some 911 calls with mobile crisis-response teams of medics and counselors, it represented an "odd marriage of police resources and counterculture philosophies." The acronym for Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets is in fact a sly reference to White Bird Clinic's hippies "in cahoots" with cops. But the police have long since made their peace with the service, which spends a tiny fraction of what it costs to run Eugene's police department while handling a large share of non-violent crises involving homelessness and mental health.

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  • Affordable housing is disappearing. So cities are designating parking lots to sleep in.

    October 11, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    Cities like Santa Barbara are creating "Safe Parking Programs" that designate certain parking lots as safe and legal for residents living in their cars to park at night. An organized intake procedure on-site attempts to connect these homeless residents with relevant resources.

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  • Nonprofits join forces to provide ‘one-stop shop' for youth seeking housing, medical services

    October 09, 2019 |

    Philadelphia Gay News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, an HIV-prevention group has partnered with another youth-focused social services organization to connect patients experiencing homeless or housing insecurity with appropriate resources. By offering wellness and housing services in one location, the partnership is making accessing help a lot easier for the vulnerable populations they serve.

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