Moving Beyond the Safety Net to the Safety Trampoline

Many homeless programs were developed to respond to emergencies, providing a safety net for people in crisis.  The response from communities was compassionate and well meaning, but it was not a solution.

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Funders: Invest in Change, Spend on Impact

Homeless and housing programs are growing up. Thank goodness. 

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Magnifying the Power of Philanthropy: Building a Funders Network

More and more communities across the country are recognizing that there is incredible power in funders working together. 

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A Canadian Perspective on Ending Homelessness [Video]

What does an end to homelessness look like? The city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada is on the road to finding out. 

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Housing our Homeless Veterans

We must view the issue of veteran homelessness as an ongoing, deeply rooted, and formidable challenge. 

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Moving from Post-Election Reflection to Action

We should all take a very brief moment to stop, to reflect, and to take a deep breath before once again moving forward boldly, fearlessly, and with purpose to help the most vulnerable in our country.

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Lessons from 200 Smart Thinkers [Video]

It isn’t every day that the work I do at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is called “audacious,” but when one of our partners described our collective efforts to end family homelessness in Washington State with precisely this word, I took it as a compliment.  

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A Message for Funders: “There Are No Discrete Funding Areas”

Many systems touch at-risk and homeless families: foster care, child welfare, crisis response, mental health services, and schools, to name a few–but no one system will solve family homelessness alone. 

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Improving Our Knowledge About Ending Homelessness: A Role for Philanthropy

Despite different geographic and population focuses in our homelessness initiatives, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation are unified in our belief that philanthropy can play a critical role in preventing and ending homelessness.

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Building Partnerships, Rebuilding Lives in Tulsa

With a theme of Housing to Recovery: Building Community, Building Lives, the 2012 Zarrow Mental Health Symposium and Mental Health America Annual Conference brought people together for conversations around housing, collaboration, research, and advocacy.

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