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COALITION UPDATEMay 10, 2024 |
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COALITION SPOTLIGHTIntroducing Anchored Home 2023-28, our five-year plan to address homelessness |
| Discover our community's comprehensive strategy to address homelessness in Anchorage. Anchored Home is more than a plan—it's a commitment to action and change. Dive into the details of our strategic roadmap, including our goal to actively support the creation of 150 additional housing units a year for those coming out of homelessness. | |
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COC CORNERSeeking diverse voices
Your voice matters in the fight against homelessness! We're inviting service providers, individuals with lived experience and community members to join an Anchorage-wide advisory council and its impactful committees. | |
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COALITION SNAPSHOT |
| View from the street: Outreach team connects
Get an exclusive look into the impactful work of our Outreach Team! Zach Zears, Coordinated Entry Specialist, shares insights into their community engagement strategies and the challenges they face in connecting with individuals experiencing homelessness. | |
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Housing: Not a one and done
Discover how a new collaboration is tackling the challenges of housing retention head-on!
Learn about Housing Retention Case Conferencing, a dynamic initiative focused on sharing resources, brainstorming solutions, and working together to ensure individuals maintain stable housing. | |
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 | Mac Lyons, Systems Integration Director |
|  | Yvonne Humphery, Director of Policy and Planning |
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Moving up
Join us in congratulating Mac Lyons and Yvonne Humphrey on their recent promotions to leadership positions within the Coalition!
They will play key roles in implementing Anchored Home, our strategic plan to combat homelessness. |
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HOW ARE WE DOING? |
Data report
At the end of March 2024, 3,296 individuals were actively experiencing homelessness in Anchorage. But what does it mean to be "actively experiencing homelessness"? It signifies that a person is staying in a shelter or transitional housing, on the streets or in the woods, or in any location not meant for human habitation. |
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Piloting solutions in Anchorage
Housing with supportive services has proven successful nationwide. Now we are proving that it also works in Anchorage through the Next Step collaborative housing initiative! Individuals with safe housing and tailored support can thrive, benefiting not only them personally but also the community at large. Bonus! Housing is less expensive than shelter, saving public resources and taxpayer dollars. Our current focus with the Next Step initiative is to transition 150 individuals into stable housing by the end of May. Follow our progress and be part of this transformative journey! |
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VOLUNTEER HIGHLIGHT |
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Care and concern turn into action
Twice a month, volunteers help us assemble kits of essential supplies that we give away at regular street outreach pop-up events and visits to camps of those who are unsheltered. We couldn’t do this without our volunteers! |
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Thank you, students
At South Anchorage High, students went all-in for a fundraiser to support people experiencing homelessness and ACEH. Rolls of duct tape were sold … to tape teachers to the wall! Selected teachers stood on chairs during the taping, then chairs were whisked away to see who would stick to the wall the longest. |
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COMING UP |
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| Volunteer opportunities
Looking to spread some kindness and make a difference in the lives of our unsheltered neighbors? Join us as we assemble outreach kits for those forced to sleep outside. Next event is Monday, May 20, 6-7 p.m. | |
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| Assembly Housing and Homelessness Committee
Learn more about the Committee's work and Assembly initiatives to provide Housing First and to solve homelessness in Anchorage. Next meeting is May 15, 2024, at 11 a.m. | |
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| Housing, Homelessness & Neighborhood Development
The HHAND Commission advises on housing, homelessness, and community development in the Municipality, with a focus on revitalizing lower-income neighborhoods. Next meeting: June 5, 4 p.m. | |
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