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A new day for the homeless authority, maybe, but much more to address before they’re on track again! | Savannah’s homeless authority balances budget, cites new day | Savannahnow.com Mobile

Posted on February 20, 2013 by homelessnessinsavannah

Today’s article in the Savannah Morning News comes after the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless (known as the CSAH & Homeless Authority) Board Meeting held yesterday, Tuesday, 2/19/2013. We were in attendance & are pleased to see this meeting reported … Continue reading →

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We support getting to know our homeless by name! | National Alliance to End Homelessness: Making Your PIT Count More Useful to Local Providers

Posted on January 30, 2013 by homelessnessinsavannah

We can’t end homelessness without knowing every person on our streets by name and learning what services, subsidies and supports will help them access and maintain permanent housing. Federal aggregate data is important to help us accurately identify the national … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on January 4, 2013 by homelessnessinsavannah

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,500 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading →

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Will Savannah end up here too or will the faith community step up & be a part of the solution?: Economic Justice Petition: Stop criminalizing our homeless | Change.org

Posted on July 15, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Hopefully we’ll never get to this point! And if we do then yes, petitions on change.org & other remedies must be sought. That should only be a final step after the faith community has a chance to weigh-in though. Don’t … Continue reading →

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Had to share this story from a Vet! WOW- read & support any organization who makes a difference for Vets experiencing homelessness!

Posted on May 30, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Here’s a Facebook post from one of our friends, Holly Minor. It was written by a new Facebook friends, Justa Vet! We feel compelled to add this comment here before you read this expose. We saw it in a newsletter … Continue reading →

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Here’s some great info on Housing First in New Orleans (from a conference & article): Housing First model of addressing homelessness is discussed | NOLA.com

Posted on March 23, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

There’s a homelessness conference going on in New Orleans on homelessness while this post is being written & one of the topics is “Housing First“! A local newspaper reporter wrote an article about how it works in New Orleans! Here’s … Continue reading →

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Homeless Entrepreneurs find a way to move out of their homelessness, start business in a shelter!: Rosenblum: A new business grows in an unlikely place | StarTribune.com

Posted on March 21, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Rosenblum: A new business grows in an unlikely place | StarTribune.com. Now here’s how a homeless entrepreneur quickly gets a business launched, on his way to getting housed with an income that can sustain himself! He actually launched this business … Continue reading →

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Announcement: A series on homeless living in a shelter, please follow: Faces of Homelessness: A Night at the Shelter – Burke, VA Patch

Posted on March 13, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

This series (from Fairfax, VA) seems worth following! We need to understand the shelter system & match our (Savannah’s) approaches to those of others & do a gap analysis! More is coming with models we’ve found that take the shelter … Continue reading →

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Great find for our Homelessness Revealed Board: “Finding Grace: The Face of America’s Homeless”

Posted on February 17, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Source: findinggracehomeless.org via Marvin on Pinterest This should give us all some visualizations & stories to read that will tear at our heartstrings! Support this effort to share the revelation of what homelessness is for individuals – it’s not just … Continue reading →

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Homelessness Revealed – our collection of thought provoking images launched on Pinterest

Posted on February 15, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

We saw this image today & posted about it, shared it & got inspired to share more of these images when we find them or you share them with us! If you’d like to comment on them please do so … Continue reading →