Mission: The El Paso Coalition for the Homeless is a membership-driven alliance dedicated to securing appropriate housing and services for persons who are homeless through advocacy, resources and innovation.
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Texas Homeless Network
With a lot of yarn, love and donations from hear coworkers, Kim, who works in the administration office at the AFD has been knitting blankets and stacking them up for months in anticipation of Veterans Day. Yesterday, she teamed up with the nonprofit Homeless Heroes to hand them out.
https://www.newschannel10.com/2020/11/11/amarillo-woman-makes-blankets-homeless-veterans/
Congratulations to Abilene!
WATCH LIVE
Abilene becomes 4th community in the country to reach 'functional zero' for chronic homelessness.
Info: https://bit.ly/2KkirAp
Every veteran deserves safe, stable housing on Veterans Day and every day.
Texas Homeless Network
“If we are going to reach our goal of making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring, our homeless response systems need access to low barrier affordable and supportive housing,” said Eric Samuels, president of the Texas Homeless Network, an organization that coordinates statewide homelessness efforts. “We need low barrier affordable and supportive housing to end homelessness. So, for this reason, we opposed adding the tenant criminal background screening criteria.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/05/texas-housing-criminal-record-rule/
Rocket Mortgage pledges $1K for each November NFL touchdown to combat veteran homelessness
The fund is up to $161,000, through the month's first week of games.
Texas can improve system for victims of child abuse: Beth Senger
Emergency shelters like the one we have at the El Paso Center for Children struggle to attract and retain staff in the best of times.
Video: Homeless student finishes 500-mile walk to raise funds to end homelessness
Boston College sophomore Gordon Wayne walked 500 miles from his hometown in central Virginia to Boston to raise funds and awareness about homelessness.
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) response to Govenor Abbott
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.naswtx.org/resource/resmgr/Statement_10.15.2020.pdf
New Texas rule lets social workers turn away clients who are LGBTQ or have a disability
A professional organization of social workers called the change "incredibly disheartening," while Gov. Greg Abbott's office said it was necessary to conform with existing state law.
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- A Las Cruces man has produced dozens of masterpieces on the streets. "Just because I’m sitting there hairy and scruffy and don’t have a car - you don’t know who I am," explained Corey Boll, who calls his efforts "Starvin' Artists Art." "Don't judge people," said Boll,...
'Don't judge people': Homeless Las Cruces man astounds audiences with his art - KVIA
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- A Las Cruces man has produced dozens of masterpieces on the streets. "Just because I’m sitting there hairy and scruffy and don’t have a car - you don’t know who I am," explained Corey Boll, who calls his efforts "Starvin' Artists Art." "Don't judge people," said Boll,...
BAY VILLAGE, Ohio -- A passerby of a Bay Village church called police to report that a homeless person was sleeping on a bench, only later to learn that it wasn’t a person, but rather a statue of a homeless Jesus. St. Barnabas Episcopal Church temporarily installed a “Homeless Jesus” statue th...
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Bridging data silos to house and serve the homeless | Amazon Web Services
Efforts to prevent and combat homelessness are limited by the lack of comprehensive data about people experiencing homelessness. This makes it difficult for states to identify trends and emerging needs to respond and make data-driven decisions about the effective deployment of resources. The cloud c...
Rescue Mission of El Paso
WOW! We are so grateful and happy about the final colorful masterpiece of Jeremiah Navarro for the Corner of Hope!
What a beautiful picture of Jesus' hand extended towards us and from His scars come a new life and new hope!
Please pray for our Corner of Hope ministry as we prepare for the winter months. Please think of us for your clothing and food donations as well, your donated goods will bless someone and open the door for the Gospel to be shared!
#BlessedByArt #915Art #SupportLocalArtists #SupportLocalMinistry #HopeForTheHomeless #CornerOfHopeEP #RescueMissionofEP #GodProvides
Robert Rinder: 'Law is meaningless unless everybody has access to it'
The barrister and TV judge, who is now a Shelter ambassador, on why he’s passionate about tackling housing inequality
Texas Homeless Network
Without robust rental assistance, we are not only just pushing off a mountain of back rent a person owes, we are also hurting 40% of landlords who are individual investors around our country who need rent to pay their mortgages. Congress needs to pass rent relief now.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/09/21/an-eviction-moratorium-without-rental-assistance-hurts-smaller-landlords-too/
Texas Homeless Network
“Depending on the speed of HUD approval, TDHCA anticipates funds will be available for eligible communities – those with existing COVID-related rental assistance programs in December," the state agency’s spokesperson, Kristina Tirloni, said. Those communities without any COVID-related rental assistance programs will most likely be eligible to begin receiving funds after the New Year begins.”
https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2020-09-26/texas-will-help-struggling-renters-but-itll-take-a-while
Street ARTreach sheds light on homeless youth in El Paso
The COVID-19 pandemic has perpetuated a problem for many young people in El Paso. If they are homeless and with no resources, the pandemic is making it harder for them to seek help. So, the El Paso Center for Children has created a way to get a message to homeless youth, to let them know they are no...
Homeless people in rural America struggle to find help
Homeless people in rural areas are vulnerable to COVID-19 because of health disparities and lack of access to medical care. And with schools closed, homeless students struggle with food security and internet access.
We Still Need to Solve Our Housing Crisis | KQED
Before the coronavirus, orange skies from wildfires, and huge protests against police violence, housing was the issue in California. But still, even with multiple crises happening at once, so much of what’s going on comes back to where we live. In the new podcast ‘SOLD OUT: Rethinking Ho...
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Join Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘Racial Equity & Housing Justice During/After COVID-19’! - https://mailchi.mp/nlihc.org/coates_092920
Texas Homeless Network
25 News KXXV reports, "The Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition has calculated that there are 234 people experiencing housing instability. Raynesha Hudnell the interim Community Services Director says that's 234 too many."
https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/mclennan-county/the-city-of-waco-and-prosper-waco-partner-to-track-and-assist-the-homeless-population
A Winning Homelessness Response during COVID-19 in El Paso - Resilient Cities Network
El Paso has a strong incentive to confront homelessness and a need for emergency housing capacity. In addition to the city’s broader goals of equity and serving vulnerable populations necessitating a solution, El Paso is a border town that links the United States and Mexico and sits at the interse...
These irreverent greeting cards are written by people who’ve experienced homelessness
But Second Story Cards is feeling the pandemic’s economic squeeze.
Winooski, VT
Press Release: Chittenden County Joins National List of Communities to End Veteran Homelessness
Springfield to use $3.9M grant to curb to homelessness caused by COVID-19 pandemic
Springfield officials said that a recent federal grant of $3.9 million, provided in response to the coronavirus pandemic, will be used to prevent homelessness and aid homeless individuals and families.
Trump wants to let homeless shelters kick out trans people. Here’s how to fight back.
Letting homeless shelters discriminate will hurt the people who need help the most. Tell Trump what you think about that...
Critics: Eviction ban may only delay wave of homelessness
BOSTON (AP) — Housing advocates say the Trump administration's surprise national moratorium on evictions only delays a wave of crushing debt and homelessness, and an attorney representing...
Downtown Austin site to help homeless soon - Austin Business Journal
City officials say this could help some of the homeless get back on their feet.
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El Paso, TX
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