Focus on What is Working
In a July 30, 2012 Huffington Post blog post, Jean-Michel Giraud poses the question, “What is it Going To Take to End Homelessness?” on the heels of another successful National Alliance to End Homelessness annual conference in Washington, D.C.
He points to “building strong homeless services networks” as a solution and calls on people to learn more about the homeless systems in their area and find out what is working.
Homelessness is not likely to entirely disappear. There will always be individuals who will need short-term, emergency assistance. But quoting from his post,
“Perhaps NAEH’s President Nan Roman said it best when she defined the end of homelessness this way: ‘Ending homelessness does not mean that nobody will become homeless, but that effective systems will be in place to help people become housed again rapidly.’ All of a sudden it makes perfect sense. We can all get our arms around the notion of adequate systems of care helping to solve homelessness in the nation.”
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Kate Kelly joined Monarch Housing Associates in March of 2011. Prior to that, she worked for seven years at the Partnership for Strong Communities in Hartford, Connecticut as the Reaching Home Campaign Manager. Managing the statewide effort to end long-term homelessness, Kate effectively implemented statewide advocacy campaigns to fund over 700 new supportive housing units for individuals and families. She has experience directing fundraising events and presenting federal and state conferences. At the Partnership, she educated state and federal legislators and staff about supportive housing homelessness issues and advocated for new funding sources. She has also developed public forums that led to formal policy recommendations and educated local constituencies such as policymakers, legislators and funders. Ms. Kelly received her B.A. in government from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S.W from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. Click here to send Ms. Kelly an email.
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