Pages tagged "point in time count"

So, Just How Many Homeless Youth Are There?

Posted on Blog by · July 08, 2014 7:50 AM · 1 reaction

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The California Wellness Foundation and The California Homeless Youth Project discuss the need for data and what philanthropy can do about it.

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Why I Appreciate Being Tired on January 24

Posted on Blog by · January 27, 2014 10:51 AM

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In the early hours of the morning of January 24, I once again joined with hundreds of other volunteers here in Seattle and King County as we fanned out across the region to count the number of people who are homeless in our communities.

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Funders and the Upcoming Point-in-Time Counts

Posted on Blog by · September 03, 2013 12:00 PM

After Labor Day, many communities will start to plan for their January Point-in-Time Homeless Counts. How can you help as a funder?  

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

Posted on Blog by · March 01, 2013 9:13 AM

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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Youth Homelessness: Hearing Their Stories, Sharing Ours

Posted on Blog by · February 07, 2013 9:11 AM

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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