Updated: 4:48 PM EST December 30, 2020
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Local housing officials are asking for help with looking for areas in Virginia Beach, where people have been seen living without shelter.
Virginia Beach Housing and Neighborhood Preservation has extended its 2021 Point-in-Time Count from Jan. 27-31. This extension will help the city s Homeless Outreach Team to have more time to complete its street count.
“Since launching this tool in 2018, we have been able to identify dozens of locations that we were unaware of where people were living unsheltered,” said Pam Shine, Homeless Service System Manager. “Every year, we try to ensure that the count is as thorough as possible, and it may be more challenging to do that without the many volunteers that usually help with our street count. It will be more important than ever to have the public’s input so that we can enhance our outreach efforts and help ensure that everyone who should be included is counted
Grand Rapids Business Journal
A nonprofit working to end homelessness has put 36 individuals on the path to long-term housing with 24 of those already housed temporarily.
Grand Rapids-based Community Rebuilders said last week that many people without housing staying in the Rosa Parks Circle and Monroe Center area have a promising new year ahead, thanks to the Community Rebuilders Geographically Targeted Housing Outreach initiative (GTHO), which the Business Journal reported on in October.
Of 48 people so far identified by GTHO from an initial goal of rehousing 30 adults and 30 youths, 36 have service plans underway and are working with Community Rebuilders to secure long-term homes. Two dozen already have moved into temporary housing where their basic needs can be met with more scheduled to move in the coming weeks.
Robin Brown, 47, was found dead perched in tree branches on Nov. 25, 2018, behind Pikes Peak Baptist Church in Colorado Springs. (Katie Klann, The Gazette) Katie Klann, The Gazette
Editor s note: “Where the homeless die” was produced in cooperation with the El Paso County Coroner’s Office and examines the date, place and manner of death of those who died while homeless. This survey of an 18-month period is believed to be the most thorough accounting ever of the death toll of homelessness in the county.
A month after Halloween, it loomed high in a tree like a wind-blown yard decoration, catching the eyes of two teenagers playing along the banks of Sand Creek.
Community Rebuilders help Grand Rapids residents find homes for the holidays
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â The Community Rebuilders Geographically Targeted Housing Outreach initiative (GTHO) are working with 36 residents to secure housing.
Of 48 people identified through GTHO, 36 have service plans underway and are working with Community Rebuilders to secure long-term homes. Two dozen have already moved into temporary housing where their basic needs can be metâwith more to move in the coming weeks.
This is phase one of GTHOâs initiative to combat homelessness. They have also partnered with Cityâs Homeless Outreach Team to provide resources like short-term accommodations and any necessary supportive services.
Kristy Pszanowski struggled to hold back tears as she remembered Kelly Fowler. She wore bright pink lipstick, she was just happy all the time, the lead Homeless Outreach Team member at the Poverello Center homeless shelter in Missoula, recalled. She called me sunshine. Last year she gave me a little ring that had a sun on it to remember her.
Fowler was one of the 25 individuals experiencing homelessness in Missoula County that passed away in 2020. On Monday night, the longest night of the year, a Homeless Persons Memorial took place and streamed live in front of the Poverello Center and at the Johnson Street Community Shelter. The name of each person was painted on a sign and read aloud by the members of the Homeless Outreach Team, who work with and visit and get to know Missoula County s homeless population throughout the year.