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CADILLAC — What can be done when the solution to a problem becomes part of that problem? Northwest Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness Director Ashley Halladay-Schmandt said they know how

In the first of five interviews with LA mayoral candidates, LA City Councilmember Joe Buscaino talks about his plan to provide immediate shelters to unhoused Angelenos, and defends his use of donor cash to travel abroad with his family.

Though Washington, D.C., and our U.S. Congress can still produce leaders, and I have hopes that our White House will again be home to a unifying and charismatic leader who

San Marcos City Council continued its discussion on how the city could better assist the local homeless population at its work session meeting on Oct. 4.

VAntage Point Virginia VA helps homeless program reach “Functional Zero” VA assists local organizations to achieve major milestone The partnership includes Crater Area Coalition on Homelessness, St. Joseph’s Villa and Built For Zero. To be certified as a Functional Zero community, organizations and local governments have created and sustained a support system that ensures fewer Veterans are experiencing homelessness than can be housed in a month. Ending homelessness is possible. To be cer...

Posted by Brooke Gilmore | May 31, 2021 On Thursday, May 27, Governor Polis and the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) announced that the national initiative known as Built for Zero has certified Fremont County, Colorado as the 12th community in the country to functionally end veteran homelessness. “Ensuring those who have worked in service to this country have access to safe and secure housing is one of the most important things we can do, and I am pleased to see Fremont [County] leading the...

Government officials and nonprofit workers in Fremont County have been working with Community Solutions since October 2019 as part of the Built for Zero project, a framework created by Community Solutions to end homelessness across the country. Cañon City is located about an hour southwest of Colorado Springs and is home to several prisons, including the Colorado State Penitentiary, which provide jobs for many of the areas residents. Loaves and Fishes Ministries runs the countys only emergency...