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How Minneapolis Managed a Massive Homeless Encampment

Cinnamon Janzer

February 01, 2019 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis

In Minneapolis, they've dealt with one of the largest encampments of people experiencing homelessness - not by "clearing" it as many other cities do, but by collaborating with local organizations to help residents transition out of the encampment and into housing. Because the encampment's residents were predominantly Native American, Red Lake Nation offered up a small portion of tribal lands to serve as a navigation center for temporary housing while they work on a permanent center for the city's homeless population.

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The city with no homeless on its streets

Mat Trewern

January 31, 2019 |

BBC |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

Local UK governments look to Helsinki, Finland as an example of a city that has nearly eradicated homeless by offering people on the streets free housing, unconditionally. While often drug use and alcoholism persists in these communities, Helsinki officials see housing as the first step to recovery. What can UK cities learn from Finland, where the number of rough sleepers has fallen dramatically?

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How Houston Has Virtually Ended Homelessness Among Veterans

Rebecca Gale

January 30, 2019 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: United States, Houston

Houston is a leader in ending veteran homelessness, with "an engaged police unit, a seasoned group of social and policy workers, and a city looking to innovate and improve," but that success has not scaled successfully to dealing with all chronic homelessness in the city. To truly solve chronic homelessness, Houston has found that it needs to build relationships with those experiencing homelessness to understand what specific services they need to stay housed.

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How This Country Has Solved Homelessness

Laura Paddison

January 30, 2019 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: Finland

In Finland, homelessness has been largely perceived as eradicated through its pilot of the now internationally recognized concept of Housing First, where people experiencing homelessness are offered safe, stable and permanent housing without the requirement of intensive services first. "Between 2008 and 2015, the number of people experiencing long-term homelessness dropped by 35 percent," a number that many countries are trying to replicate.

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The Art of Humanizing Social Systems

David Bornstein

January 24, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

For social service agencies, prioritizing well-being requires new procedures and a framework for understanding holistic wellness. The Full Frame Initiative has partnered with agencies in the states of Massachusetts and Missouri in an effort to bring categories of well-being into their purview. The Initiative uses five metrics—safety, mastery, social connectedness, and access to resources— to help align social systems, ranging from courts and juvenile corrections to homeless housing services, with social needs so that agencies can better assist their communities.

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What can Seattle learn from cities where homelessness has dropped?

Scott Greenstone

January 24, 2019 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Cities that have had the largest decreases in homelessness in the past five years, including New Orleans, Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Virginia Beach, have implemented a variety of approaches. Now, other cities are taking note and learning which might work for their specific situation.

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Library Systems Embracing Their New Roles As Social Service Hubs

Emily Nonko

January 22, 2019 |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Public libraries are increasingly using their positions as accessible centers for information to address homelessness and mental health issues - in San Francisco, a team of Health and Safety Associates have helped place at least 130 patrons in stable housing. While adding social workers to their staff has helped libraries provide social services, the libraries have also focused on hiring people who have experiences homelessness or financial instability to fill those roles and act as peer mentors as well.

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Homeless Shelter's Program Financially Assists Families Living on Their Own

Rebecca Nauth

December 30, 2018 |

Grady Newsource |

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Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

Going Home, a program implemented by a homeless shelter in Athens-Clarke County in Georgia, helps homeless individuals maintain long-term housing and foster financial independence. The program pays six months of rent and half the security deposit on an apartment for homeless individuals, allowing them to start saving money up front, and runs a budget training for participants. The shelter reports that 82 percent of families maintained long-term housing after the program.

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Finland's 'housing first' homelessness strategy could help ease Toronto's shelter crisis

Laetitia Van der Vennet

December 26, 2018 |

CBC |

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Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

As Toronto's local government strives to address the city's growing homeless problem, officials look to a model in Helsinki, Finland that swapped emergency shelters for permanent housing. Folks who move into these apartments pay what they can, and they're able to set down roots rather than move from shelter to shelter.

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Canton men's shelter set for expansion

Tami Mosser

December 23, 2018 |

The Daily Record |

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Response Location: United States, Canton, Ohio

In Canton, Ohio, Refuge of Hope is a faith-based organization serving the town's male homeless population, offering a place to stay overnight and meals. The organization runs primarily through the help of volunteers, providing more than 80,000 hot meals and 15,000 nights of shelter.

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