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How one Washington county is making progress on homelessness

Susan Shain

March 12, 2025 |

Northwest Public Broadcasting |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

In 2020, homelessness services providers in Walla Walla began meeting weekly to collaborate on how to better coordinate their programs and allocate resources. That same year, the city’s low-barrier shelter began operating 24 hours rather than only at night. The city has become a model for how to provide services for people without housing, having been able to find permanent housing for 74 percent of people who left the system last fiscal year.

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Kansas sought homelessness success stories. It stumbled on a cautionary tale, too.

Stefania Lugli

February 26, 2025 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Jersey

Community Solutions provides support and data analysis for municipalities trying to reach “functional zero,” when it becomes rare for a specific population, such as veterans or people who are chronically unhoused, to fall into homelessness. The milestone has been achieved by several communities, including Rockford, Illinois, and Abilene, Texas, but some, such as Bergen County, New Jersey, have struggled to maintain the standard long-term.

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These Cities Are Welcoming Immigrants With Municipal ID Programs

Lucas Grindley, Marielle Argueza

January 21, 2025 |

Next City |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Municipal ID programs such as IDNYC provide identification for residents who aren't able to access official government IDs, such as those who are undocumented or unhoused. The municipally-issued IDs make it easier for these residents to access local services and benefits and interact with officials, including law enforcement.

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Beneath Branko's Bridge

Vladimira Dorcova Valtnerova

December 18, 2024 |

Transitions Online |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Serbia, Belgrade

The Drumodom program meets people experiencing homelessness where they are with a mobile doctor’s office as well as a retrofitted bus that offers showers, hygiene products, and hair cuts given by volunteers. The service is often clients’ only means of receiving medical care, and more than 1,200 people benefited from such care in the first nine months of 2024.

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The algorithm says crisis. The social worker says trust

Ethan Ward

December 11, 2024 |

AfroLA |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles County social workers are using AI to find people at risk of homelessness before they become unhoused. Instead of traditional programs that wait for people to seek help themselves, this technology is more preventative, allowing social workers to provide assistance ahead of time. The program launched in 2020 and has since served over 400 people.

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Pop-Up Voting Centers Bring the Polls Directly to Unhoused Angelenos

Erin Rode

December 05, 2024 |

Bolts |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles County’s Flex Vote Center Program establishes polling locations at shelters, transitional housing sites, and service centers for people who are unhoused or face other barriers to voting. In 2020, nearly 2,800 people cast their ballots through the Flex program.

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How One Library Is Filling the Gaps in Homeless Services

Carl Smith

November 27, 2024 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

The Salt Lake City Public Library employed in-house social workers and built out an area in the library dedicated to providing a variety of resources for people experiencing homelessness and anyone else looking for support. The staff helps people find individualized paths forward, and partner organizations host office hours for things like harm reduction services and workforce services.

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New work program in Atlantic City for homeless people

Briana Vannozzi

November 27, 2024 |

NJ Spotlight |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

The Hope Work Initiative by Atlantic City's Homeless Outreach Unit connects unhoused community members with temporary employment cleaning up the city streets for three days a week, making $75 a day.

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Under an L.A. Freeway, a Psychiatric Rescue Mission

Ellen Barry

October 20, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles County’s Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement (HOME) program uses street psychiatry to get psychiatric medication to people experiencing homelessness in an effort to get them a step closer to housing. The HOME team has 223 full-time staff members and served 1,919 people last year, 22% of whom ended the year housed.

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Europe wants to erase homelessness. Housing First can be the key

Andrea Giambartolomei, Redattore lavialibera, Vilija Ramanauskienė

October 14, 2024 |

Radijo Stotis FM99 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Finland, Oulu

European cities like Oulu and Turin are adopting the housing-first model to reduce homelessness and extreme poverty. They focus on providing people experiencing homelessness with a permanent place to live first and then address other needs they may have.

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