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In 2023, homelessness across the U.S. reached record levels, with more than 653,000 people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January.
Patricia has gone from a tent in the woods to shelter to a cute apartment in Mountain View. She crochets hats to give away to people who are still unhoused, calling them “hats for my homies.” Anchorage resident Mary Navitsky read the story and was so inspired, she donated her own stash of beautiful yarns to Patricia’s cause.
How do we reach our unsheltered neighbors? Street outreach! It's how we know who is unsheltered and where to find them.
Fourteen people from an encampment just off the Coastal Trail near Elderberry Park now have a home.
Organizations that provide housing and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness in Anchorage are encouraged to apply for funding through the annual Continuum of Care program competition now underway.
Congratulations to Providence Alaska for its brand-new supportive housing project, Q’et’en Qenq’a – Providence House. It has the potential to be a game-changer in our community for people experiencing homelessness. Q’et’en Qenq’a means Elder’s House in the Dena’ina language.
With housing, Beau and Sarah are recovering, healing and working. Through Next Step, they were matched with an apartment that accepted them and their beloved dog, Hot Wheels.
Anchorage Assembly took the right step on Anchored Home, our community plan to help our neighbors move from homeless to stably housed.
Two long-time community leaders with experience addressing homelessness were ushered onto the ACEH board at the June 26 meeting, and a new staff member has joined as well.
Let’s celebrate a win that will help Alaska youth! The Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness took the lead on a new grant opportunity benefiting youth, and the result is the maximum $2 million over two years.
If you are a housing provider and are interested in learning about the opportunity for expanding your current CoC project or adding a new bonus project, join us for a short presentation and Q and A this Thursday at 3 p.m.
One way we assist our unhoused neighbors is by hosting regular case conferencing, which serve as a platform for sharing vital information about clients' situations, whereabouts, challenges and assets.
In partnership with SALA medics, our street outreach teams provide access to medical supplies and care to unsheltered clients reached during pop-up events and visits to camps.
Thao and her husband, Cory Detty, are among 15 landlords partnering with the Next Step housing collaboration led by the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. They say the program is working because it supports clients and property owners.
Through the Next Step housing collaboration, a veteran is finally housed and making use of benefits to which he’s entitled.
Today’s Supreme Court ruling in the City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson is disappointing but will not change the work of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness to provide needed supports for basic needs of our unsheltered neighbors.
Dozens of people living outdoors in Anchorage are getting a chance to transition from encampments directly to housing.
We started Next Step as a pilot to prove the concept of how working together, we could successfully house our neighbors coming out of homelessness.