100khomes.org -- this looks awesome!!!

[OneGrassRoot]

ABOUT 100khomes.org:

This is a crucial moment in the history of homelessness in America. Roughly 110,000 people are “chronically homeless,” living on the streets or shelters for a year or more. The lethality of street homelessness is on par with some forms of cancer, cutting an average of 25 years off the lifespan. Meanwhile, the health costs alone of leaving people on the streets far exceed the cost of supportive housing. Despite this daunting reality, some communities have made tremendous progress in housing their most vulnerable people.

The 100,000 Homes Campaign, launched by Common Ground, brings together change agents from across the country to find homes for 100,000 of the most vulnerable and long-term homeless individuals and families by July 2013. It is designed to fundamentally alter our response to chronic homelessness by giving communities concrete tools and connecting the change agents with one another so no one has to innovate alone.

A vanguard of communities has been working together over the past year to prototype the “world’s best housing process.” This team has developed and refined the tools and techniques that are being made available to all participating communities. These tools fit into five major areas of systems change, which we've expanded on in the model:

1. Build the local campaign team & increase political will
2. Clarify the demand
3. Line up the housing and support resources
4. Move people into housing
5. Help people stay housed




There's a lot to read at their site -- http://www.100khomes.org -- with what appears to be great information and different ways of getting actively involved locally about this issue in a coordinated manner.

They're asking people to watch "Bizarre Foods" tonight:

http://100khomes.org/blog/help-our-cause-by-watching-bizarre-foods-on-the-travel-channel-tomorrow-night-at-9


:thumbsup:

[MineralMan]

1. Looks like a solid organization and a solid plan.

I sent them a donation. I'll see if anyone's setting up a local group here in my area.

[OneGrassRoot]

4. :)

:yourock:

:hi:

[MineralMan]

5. Nothing going on with that organization in the Twin Cities,

but there are organizations here working hard on housing for the homeless and poor. Currently, my donations are going to one homeless shelter which works very hard to move homeless people, especially families, into permanent housing. My funds are limited, so I have to pick and choose where to donate.

Still, this organization you wrote about seems to be doing very good work, so I sent them what I could.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. K&R

[mmonk]

3. Thanks.

What a great idea.