Hope for families searching for a home.
The Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness along with community partners provide outreach for our most vulnerable.
In downtown alone, over 5 families with little children are being assisted by ACEH outreach. Experiencing homelessness is stressful for anyone, but especially when those you love are depending on you. Despite the difficult circumstances they are in, these parents have been striving to provide their children with comfort and care. Outreach has been working to connect families around Anchorage with shelter and housing, but family shelters are full and have been running off a growing waitlist. While they wait we are working to make caring for little ones a little easier as they camp outside, in vehicles, or campers.
With help from the Food Bank of Alaska and other community partners, outreach has been checking in weekly with essentials such as formula, diapers, and baby food. Needs vary, for example; one family living with their two children out of a camper asked for 18-month-old clothes, and in another family, a father was given a phone and assistance getting an updated ID card. Any help they can get has been greatly appreciated and met with extreme gratitude.
If your family is experiencing homelessness, call to get on the Family Shelter Waitlist: 1 (907) 600-3206.
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Highlights from the Coalition
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Updated Outreach Pop-up Schedule
Together with partners, ACEH provides food, essentials, aid and basic medical, etc. (while supplies last). Coordinated Entry assessments and updates are also provided to help people get on the path to housing referrals.
Outreach Pop-up Schedule:
- Tuesdays, 3rd Avenue, 1-4 PM
- Wednesdays, location varies, contact [email protected]
- Thursdays, Davis Park, 1-4 PM
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Project Homeless Connect
You can help our neighbors experiencing unsheltered homelessness!
ACEH is looking for volunteers to help outreach teams and community partners at these upcoming events. Assistance is needed to distribute the following necessities:
- food
- medical services
- community partners
- coordinated entry
- snack bags
- hygiene items
- potable water
- harm reduction supplies
- minor first aid supplies
- tarps
- blanket & sleeping bags
- clothing
When & Where:
Project Homeless Connect is scheduled for 11 AM - 6 PM on the 4th Wednesday of every month, July - September. Save the dates! Add to calendar
- July 26th: Chanshtnu Muldoon Park (upper Parking area) – 1301 Muldoon Rd.
- August 23rd: Location TBD
- September 27th: Location TBD
Would your agency like to get involved?
We are also looking for community partners to provide services & share programs!
Contact Jessica with any questions or comments, at [email protected].
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Alaska Veteran Affairs (VA)
Anchorage 2023 Stand Down
VA Standdown is an event during which VA staff, volunteers, and community providers, provide food, clothing, and health screenings to Veterans who are at risk, or experiencing homelessness. Veterans also receive referrals for health care, housing programs, employment, substance abuse treatment, mental health counseling, and other essential services.
This year’s Stand Down will be Saturday, August 19th, 2023, at 1201 N. Muldoon from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., at The Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System.
This Standdown will be OUTSIDE, under canopy tents. VA is looking for service providers to get involved. If your organization can participate, complete this form indicating how many tables and chairs you will need.
Shoutout to barbers/stylists!
If you, or a stylist you know would be willing to donate their time, contact [email protected].
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Abused Women's Aid in Crisis (AWAIC)
Most Needed Items in July
We need your help! This July, drop off new and unused items from the list below, no appointment required! Accepting all sizes (travel size, full size, bulk) all month, Monday - Friday from 8am-5pm.
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Body Wash
- Lotion
- Deodorant
(All other donations require a donation appointment.)
P.S.: If you want to help without dropping off, consider shopping AWAIC's Amazon Wishlist.
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Community Solutions
Seeing all of our unhoused neighbors
The Shenandoah region in Virginia is using data to drive humanity into their system
Lydia Campbell recalls that five years ago, there was no reliable source of truth about who was experiencing homelessness and what their needs were at any given time across the Shenandoah region.
Campbell and her colleagues at Valley Homeless Connection were committed to changing that.
Five years later, they’re overcoming challenges with data and collaboration and connecting unhoused neighbors with services through prioritization, all while never losing sight of the end goal.
“It is an all-of-us problem,” Campbell said. “Our job is to work ourselves out of a job.”
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U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
FY 2023 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Availability Due September 28, 2023 at 8:00 PM EDT
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) posted last week the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition and the renewal replacement of Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) grants under Funding Opportunities on HUD.gov. Additional resources will be available on CoC Program Competition on HUD.gov.
The CoC Application, CoC Priority Listing, and Project Applications should be available in e-snaps this month. Collaborative Applicants and project applicants will be able to access the applications to review, update, and enter required information for the application process. All communities are encouraged to apply for the NOFO published on grants.gov by the submission deadline of September 28, 2023, at 8:00 PM EDT.
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National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
The Supply of Affordable Housing Units Declined Over the Last Decade
Source: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies 2023 State of the Nation’s Housing (https://bit.ly/3qYGN8h), tabulations of US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.
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