Homeless Count How many people are experiencing homelessness in Houston, Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Montgomery County? How are Veterans, families, children, and other vulnerable populations affected by homelessness? As the lead agency to The Way Home (TWH) Continuum of Care (CoC), the Coalition for the Homeless works to help answer these questions by […]
See collaboration in action! Watch the video above to learn how our partners are collaborating and working together during this pandemic to continue to house people experiencing homelessness, as well as, methods they’re doing to prevent clients to returning to the streets and getting their basic needs met. This webinar was hosted by SEARCH Homeless Services on […]
A Recap: In March, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced his continued support for The Way Home, the collaborative model to prevent and end homelessness in our area. The Mayor outlined steps the city would take to support The Way Home, including a push to house 500 chronically homeless individuals by September through increased outreach, Housing […]
As The Way Home strives to end chronic homelessness in Houston, strong partnerships bring us closer to our goal. Chronic homelessness requires a strategic response and most often, the work of multiple agencies to help our most vulnerable clients reach that final step: moving into Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). On Tuesday, March 28, The Way […]
Authors: Jonathan Danforth and Michael Garcia, Houston Area Community Services *Client’s name changed to protect privacy. JN* is a wheelchair-bound, 55 year-old, African American man. He struggled in the midst of poverty and homelessness for most of his life and had found it difficult to find food and a safe and secure place to sleep […]
December 29, 2014, Houston Chronicle Real Help Statistics beat optics on Houston’s homeless.
December 18, 2014 This Is How Cops Should Treat Homeless People Huffington Post The Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) started as a pilot program in January 2011, and was made a permanent program in the department after a successful six-month pilot. Led by Sergeant Stephen Wick, the team helps homeless individuals with housing, shelter referrals, employment, […]
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs On November 18, 2014, VA hosted three Google+ Hangouts. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hosted another “Partnerships Showcase” on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. This event showcased three public-private partnership (P3) presentations on ways the Department is working to reduce and address homelessness among our Veterans and their […]
November 24, 2014 On October 31, the City of Houston and the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County gathered more than 40 service provider staff members to celebrate a milestone in the implementation of a new service delivery model to better serve our homeless neighbors. In the past few months, 130 individuals have been […]
A delegation from Orlando, Florida visited Houston earlier this fall to learn from our successes in housing our homeless neighbors. Below are some video highlights of that trip. via Rethink Homelessness Florida Looks to Houston for Help in Dealing with Homeless via CW39