Homeward 2020

09/01/2016

Sometimes a simple idea can have a huge impact. Miracle Messages helps individuals experiencing homelessness reconnect with their loved ones through social media and web searches. What's even more amazing? About 40% of the people they've helped reconnect to their family are now off the streets.

Social media for social good. Help locate long lost loved ones, record messages, and help your neighbors experiencing homelessness. Join us at miraclemessage...

08/17/2016

An ounce of prevention! We all know it's best if we can prevent someone from becoming homeless in the first place. This article talks more about how a fairly small amount of cash -- about $1,000 -- given to someone who's about to become homeless can help keep them off the streets for at least two years.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/bit-cash-can-keep-someone-streets-2-years-or-more

Study shows efficacy of programs that aim to stop homelessness before it starts

08/02/2016

This morning, the Larimer County Commissioners voted to place an initiative on this fall's ballot that would support more comprehensive mental health and substance use treatment services. It's an amazing step forward in an effort to provide the behavioral healthcare necessary for a healthy community! Want to learn more about this initiative and why it's needed? Check out the page for People for a Healthier Larimer County or visit www.larimerbehavioralhealth.org

Larimer County needs a new detox, mental and behavioral health facility. Currently, over 75,000 Larimer County citizens are unable to receive the care they need due to inadequate public facilities. This is unacceptable in one of the leading places to live in the US. People are often jailed or taken…

07/19/2016

Check out this article in The Coloradoan about some of the amazing work Neighbor to Neighbor is doing to prevent homelessness by helping tenants avoid evictions!

Intervention program keeps eviction off renters' credit report

07/05/2016

We've known for a long time that permanent supportive housing works and will actually save communities money. Now, we're able to see the positive impact permanent supportive housing is having right here in Fort Collins!

How Redtail Ponds, a permanent supportive housing development, is saving Fort Collins taxpayers money each year.

06/29/2016

Today's the day. Over 70 media organizations out of San Francisco will flood local media outlets with stories, information, and research on homelessness to bring greater attention to the issue. Our hope is this coverage leads to a better understanding of the barriers people experiencing homelessness face when trying to access housing, jobs, healthcare, or other needs they may have, and that this effort can drive important conversations about the real solution to end homelessness -- Housing First.

More than 70 media organizations in San Francisco plan to saturate online, TV and print publications this week with news stories about an issue that has stumped politicians and residents for decades: The city's homeless. Homelessness has defined San Francisco for generations, with...

06/22/2016

"More than 1.3 million U.S. students were homeless in 2013-2014, twice the number who were homeless before the collapse of the housing market and subsequent recession.

Homeless children say that schools and communities could do more.

06/03/2016

Want to put a smile on your face? This video from Rethink Homelessness, showing individuals who used to be homeless celebrating their lives in housing, is guaranteed to do that!

Over a year ago our community set out to help the homeless get housing. Here are their stories.

05/24/2016

We've been at Galvanize this morning, sharing information with community members and service providers about the work of Outreach Fort Collins, along with others on the task force. So exciting to see this amazing program and team start to hit the streets, building relationships with individuals experiencing homelessness and others in our community!

05/04/2016

Want to hear something amazing? Every house on this tray represents one veteran and their family who has gained housing since October, with support and assistance from the team at Volunteers of America Northern Colorado. Time to get a bigger tray!

04/26/2016

There has been tremendous effort by dozens of people across Larimer and Weld Counties to house as many veterans as we can by mid-May. Since the beginning of February, 81 veterans have been assessed for their housing needs, and 25 veterans have moved out of homelessness and into permanent housing. Read more about what we're doing in this article in the Loveland Reporter-Herald.

The goals are lofty: start working with 140 homeless veterans in Larimer County and house at least 65 of them — in a 100-day period — and create a coordinated countywide system of resources for homeless people.

04/14/2016

We're out in Greeley this afternoon, supporting our colleagues in Weld County, as they break ground on 47 units of permanent supportive housing that will be owned and managed by Catholic Charities. What an incredible day for Northern Colorado!