Missing Person – Joel Jeffery Whitten
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Name: Joel Jeffery WhittenA.K.A. : JeffDate of Birth: 10/09/1970Age: 51Sex: MHeight: 5’11”Weight: 232 lbsRace: White
Learn MoreFound – Rhonda McLamb
Monday, July 11, 2022
Rhonda’s mom registered on the FindHomelessPeople.org website and used our resources. Through the website’s search homeless people database feature she found her daughter. We went out and reconnected them and helped her get home with family.
Learn MoreMore Jail Time or More Housing?
Friday, July 8, 2022
Written by Norm Stamper, Ph.D., Seattle Chief of Police (Ret) To achieve public safety, social justice, and an equitable society, we must disentangle issues of crime from issues of homelessness. Preventing crime, detecting and apprehending those who commit it, and helping to ensure public safety is a fundamental responsibility of…
Learn MoreWhat You Can Expect from the Alliance – And From Me
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
I’ll be honest. When I hung up after getting the call from our Board Co-Chair Jeff Hayward telling me that the Board of the National Alliance to End Homelessness had voted in favor of me being the new CEO, I burst into tears. The immediate process for me to get…
Learn MoreProgress Report on Ending Homelessness
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Dear Friends, Supporters, and Partners. You have made the difference. Read our Progress Report on Ending Homelessness to learn how. We envision a community in which everyone has a stable home and the resources needed to maintain it. Partnering with 30 local organizations we coordinate a centralized emergency shelter helpline,…
Learn MoreUnsheltered Homelessness
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Unsheltered homelessness, sleeping outside or in places not meant for human habitation like in a car or under a bridge – is dangerous and can even be deadly. Our community has made great strides to reduce the number of people sleeping unsheltered. But, you’ll agree, we have more work to do….
Learn MoreConnecting Research with Practice to Create a New Narrative about Homelessness
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
At the Melville Charitable Trust, we’re really pleased that philanthropy is becoming increasingly aware of the role that narrative plays in public understanding and policymaking, in part thanks to some learning sessions and resources hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness. We know that the narratives we see and hear…
Learn MoreReflections from Nan Roman
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
This is my final week with the National Alliance to End Homelessness. It has been a privilege to work with the many brilliant Alliance staff members over the years; to be led by a committed Board of Directors; to have been educated by those of you on the front lines,…
Learn MoreSomething to Be Proud Of
Friday, June 24, 2022
The month of June celebrates Pride Month – when the LGBTQ community comes together to celebrate their identities and continue the fight for equality. Despite the many parades and rainbows, the joy of celebration, and the strides that society as a whole has made to embrace LGBTQ people, there is…
Learn MoreHUD Creates New Funding Opportunity to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness
Thursday, June 23, 2022
There is growing public concern about unsheltered homelessness. As leaders struggle to respond to public outcry, some are considering outmoded responses including arresting people for sleeping outside, or warehousing people experiencing homelessness into facilities with few services. Fortunately, this week the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released…
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