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 […]
City seeking letters of intent from nonprofits for additional $7 million in reimbursable grants
The City of Tulsa is asking for letters of intent from nonprofits due by 5 p.m., Oct. 4., for projects that address the pandemic recovery needs of Tulsans. The application window opens at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 6. Information sessions will be available in-person and virtually, including questions and answer sessions, to interested 501(c)(3) nonprofits […]
Governor’s Interagency Council on Homelessness regular meeting is Aug. 16
The next Governor’s Interagency Council on Homelessness (GICH) regular meeting will be: Aug. 16 | 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Credit Union House of Oklahoma 631 E. Hill St. | Oklahoma City, OK 73105 The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is in the process of updating the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. USICH […]
Social Services Hub helps thousands in first year
Social Services Hub helps thousands in first year AWH4T goal #1: Stop homelessness before it begins Housing Solutions’ Landlord Tenant Resource Center (LTRC) will celebrate its first year of operating the Social Services Hub at Iron Gate on Wednesday, Aug. 3, having helped thousands of individuals avoid homelessness before it begins. The Social Services Hub […]
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 serve families during harsh heat wave
Outreach teams serve families during harsh heat wave AWH4T goal #3: Increase access to housing 2 News Oklahoma reporter Jeanette Quezada joined Housing Solutions’ outreach teams recently, sharing with viewers the realities of experiencing homelessness during a heat wave with little-to-no affordable housing availability. The first stop on the outreach effort was an emotional contact. […]
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, […]
LGBTQ+ Homelessness
LGBTQ+ Homelessness In recent years, nonprofits and federal agencies alike have made huge progress in understanding differing experiences of homelessness among varying demographic groups. For LGBTQ+ people, however, their experiences remain hazy. Like youth who experience homelessness, one of the primary difficulties in understanding the LGBTQ+ experience is that this group most frequently experiences invisible […]
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