Tulsa awarded $5.38 million to help end youth homelessness
Tulsa awarded $5.38 million to help end youth homelessness The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced this week that Tulsa County, through A Way Home for Tulsa (AWH4T), is one of 17 local communities across the nation to receive a major grant to end youth homelessness. “Placing young people experiencing homelessness into […]
Just Home Project’s Lived Experience Advisory Board convenes first meeting
Just Home Project’s Lived Experience Advisory Board holds first meeting AWH4T goal #1: Stop homelessness before it begins The Just Home Project launched a major initiative Friday, establishing an advisory board made up entirely by people with lived experience in homelessness or the justice system. The Lived Experience Advisory Board is a key component of […]
Lunchtime listen: Housing Solutions on StudioTulsa
Lunchtime listen: Housing Solutions on StudioTulsa AWH4T goal #2: Transform the Homeless System of Care Housing Solutions Executive Director Becky Gligo appeared on KWGS’s StudioTulsa this week to talk about homelessness in Tulsa. Hosted by Rich Fisher, StudioTulsa features in-depth discussions on complex local issues. This week’s show explored homelessness, including the widening gap in […]
Outreach teams shift to triage
Outreach teams shift to heat triage AWH4T goal #2: Transform the Homeless System of Care The intense, uninterrupted heat across Oklahoma has been difficult on Tulsans experiencing homelessness. Due to the temperatures Housing Solutions outreach team members have shifted almost entirely from case management to heat-related triage. From the emergency medical perspective, EMSA medics have […]
Equity in Homelessness: Older adults and homelessness
Older Adults and Homelessness AWH4T goal #1: Stop homelessness before it begins The number of people experiencing homelessness has grown both locally and nationwide in recent years, spurred by income inequality, an affordable-housing crisis, and the ripple effects of the pandemic. Within this wave, a concerning trend has quietly grown – the share of older Americans […]
Invisible Homelessness
Invisible Homelessness When you imagine homelessness, who do you see? If you’re like most people, the answer is probably a vision of folks standing on corners with a sign in their hands or tents lining a sidewalk. Historically, this might have been a fairly accurate picture – and is certainly still the most visible! However, […]
Call to Action: HB1564
HB1564: Why it Spells Disaster for Oklahoma The Oklahoma Residential Landlord Tenant Act (or ORLTA) is the law that governs landlord tenant relations in the state. Enacted in 1978, and seeing very little change since then, the current ORLTA heavily favors landlords and is part of the reason Tulsa, Oklahoma ranks 11th in the nation for evictions. […]
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