Tuesdays and Thursdays Food Distribution Update!

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church will be the only food distribution site until further notice. 

This program was initiated to meet the need of the over 300 unsheltered individuals and families in the Anchorage area and was made possible by a grant by Alaska Community Foundation. 
 

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
855 E 20th Ave Anchorage AK 99501

Shiloh Community Housing, Inc. (SCHI)

Save the date for SCHI’s partnership meeting on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.  SCHI will be discussing the vision for the Community Resource Center (CRC) that will be located in MountainView, Anchorage. SCHI’s goal is for the CRC to become a central hub for information and a "one-stop shop" that will provide important resources and support services.
 
The mission of the CRC is for services to be used to disrupt the cycle of homelessness in our city and give Alaskans the connections they need to prevent them from losing stable housing. 
 
RSVP to [email protected] to reserve your spot.

Alaskan's for Better Elections (ABE)

Alaskans for Better Elections is providing the following resources to help voters understand this year’s elections:
 
Train-the-trainers: ABE has partnered with Democracy Rising, a renowned national organization with years of experience helping educate voters on Ranked Choice Voting, to provide opportunities for community leaders to learn best practices for voter education. These training sessions are free of charge.
Next ZOOM training: Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 3pm - register here
 
Educational Resources: Downloadable resources including handouts, a training presentation, and mock election materials can be found on our website: www.alaskansforbetterelections.com/resources.

If you are interested in scheduling a Train-the-trainer event for your organization please reach out to Owen Hutchinson: [email protected], 907-312-9547

Community Solutions

People experiencing homelessness don’t just lack housing. They also, quite often, lack health care. In fact, “studies show that folks have a shorter life expectancy, 10-20 years shorter, because they are chronically homeless,” shared Betsy Kammerdiener, at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 

Kammerdierner works at a hospital that is part of a pilot initiative to realize the critical role that health care systems can play in helping communities reduce chronic homelessness. 

“There is a health gap,” reiterated Kammerdierner. “If we are treating [individuals] within our health care system, and discharging them back into homelessness, all of our progress is truncated because we are not able to do the follow up we need.”

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

1. The Unsheltered Homelessness Set Aside
2. The Rural Set Aside
3. CoC Planning Unsheltered Homelessness Set Aside
4. Unified Funding Agency (UFA) Costs Unsheltered Homelessness Set Aside

National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)

• In 2021, the federal government launched a comprehensive internal review of major services it provides to the public to assess whether systemic barriers are blocking people from receiving high-impact services. 
• Federal agencies then developed Equity Access Plans for removing barriers. Many of these plans have been assembled in a report, Advancing Equity and Racial Justice Through the Federal Government, along with other useful information.
• As organizations committed to the public good, nonprofits would benefit by learning more about this sweeping project.