Veteran Homelessness: We’re on the Right Track

With a scarf and a clipboard, I joined many government officials to conduct a census of people who were spending the night on the street in D.C. with low temperatures in the 30s. 

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Boston Marathon Tragedy

To Members and Friends of Funders Together

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Thinking More Broadly About a Place to Call Home

In the shadow of sequestration and increasingly constrained public sector resources, the goal of ending family homelessness seems to move continually further out of reach.  

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The Bigger Picture: 5 Things Funders Need to Consider…

Funders should consider these points in order to supporting the work of ending homelessness.

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The Music of Ending Homelessness

The music in my home when I was growing up was an unusual blend of 70’s Korean pop ballads, Simon and Garfunkel, and The Who. Times may have changed, but music is still a large part of what makes a home, and that’s why Richard Carter’s story has meant so much to me.

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Funders Together Houston Celebrates Successes & Future Plans

Funders Together congratulates FTEH Houston on their 1-year anniversary. We’ve enjoyed collaborating with a committed group of funders working together to make an impact on their community!

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900 Heads Are Better Than 1: Reflections on the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference on Youth & Family Homelessness

What happens when you bring together more than 900 of the nation’s leading players in the work of ending family and youth homelessness from the non-profit, government, advocacy and philanthropic sectors?

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Visiting Seattle: The Success of Funders Together [Video]

At this week’s NAEH 2013 Conference on Ending Family & Youth Homelessness, Funders Together hosted several events as part of our Networking Series: Where Catalytic Philanthropy Begins With Conversation. 

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Youth Homelessness: Hearing Their Stories, Sharing Ours

All of us should cringe when we hear the words “youth” and “homelessness” joined together. No society, least of all ours, should tolerate a system which allows our young to be discarded, victimized or left to live on the streets.  

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Looking Ahead: A Vision for Ending Family Homelessness

At the Gates Foundation, we’re now entering the 14th year of our work in Washington State to reduce family homelessness.  That may sound like a long time, but when dealing with a problem as complex and seemingly intractable as family homelessness, time is required to find and implement changes with the potential to have real impact.  

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