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HOW ARE WE DOING?

VOLUNTEER HIGHLIGHT

Let’s collaborate on funding

Our community will soon begin our collaborative application for the annual grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is our chance to grow our homelessness response and add housing!

Community shares best practices

Our Housing Retention Case Conferencing has generated helpful tools and tips for case managers working to ensure that clients who have been housed, stay housed.

A community furniture bank

Do you have extra furniture taking up space? Consider a donation to Shiloh Community Housing. The organization has stepped up to open Anchorage’s first furniture bank.

“Shiloh aims to collect, inspect, and provide this furniture free of charge to those in need,” the organization says.

Make-a-kit at home

Hosting a kit-making party is a fun and impactful way to gather friends and family while supporting neighbors experiencing homelessness. Create outreach kits filled with essentials like hygiene products, snacks, and basic first aid supplies.

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, June 17, 6-7 p.m.

Homelessness Prevention and Response Advisory Council meeting

The Homelessness Prevention & Response System (HPRS) Advisory Council meets monthly to discuss relevant Anchorage Continuum of Care initiatives and current events.

Next meeting is June 27, 2024, at 4 p.m.

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 June 26, 2024, at 1:30 p.m.