On Tacomas DoorStep
Deaths, unrest, growing encampments make it clear: Tacoma is failing the homeless
Tacoma News Tribune November 21, 2020 by Matt Driscoll Three deaths, so far. An empty, asbestos and mold-filled school building seized by a local housing advocacy group. A growing downtown…
Read MoreCommunity Listening Sessions on Affordable Housing
Download flyer here. The City of Tacoma is working with its community partners to create a comprehensive action strategy addressing community needs relating to affordable housing. To help inform this…
Read MoreCommunity Quarterly Meeting to End Homelessness – March 22nd
On March 22 Learn if You are the Solution to Homelessness! You’ve seen tents popping up in our community. You’ve seen single adults walking the streets trying to stay warm.…
Read MoreJoin us for the BEST Community Quarterly Meeting Yet!
We are ending the year with the best Community Quarterly Meeting yet! You will not want to miss the next meeting, scheduled for Dec. 5. Those who attend will be…
Read MoreCall to Faith Communities: City's Homeless Encampments
City of Tacoma’s Explanation of Declaration of State of Emergency Responding to Homeless Encampments The City of Tacoma has called a meeting to explain and discuss the recent declaration of…
Read MorePierce County's Plan to End Homelessness
A Plan to End Homelessness by Valorie Crout, Chief Program Officer The Continuum of Care (CoC), Pierce County’s Oversight Committee for the Homeless System, is currently developing a 5-year strategic…
Read MoreIt’s hard to focus on the big picture when you are living in trauma
When Linda was referred to our Family Permanent Housing program, she was sleeping at the Salvation Army emergency overflow shelter with her 2-year-old daughter. When we first started to work…
Read More2016 "Point in Time Count" for Pierce County released
On Friday, April 29, the official 2016 “Point in Time” figures for Pierce County were released; this is the official annual count of our homeless population. And the numbers are…
Read MoreNew Homeless Coordinated Entry System in Pierce County
by Marcy Stahl, Program Manager On Friday, April 8, 150 community housing and healthcare providers attended a presentation about the launch of Coordinated Entry hosted by Pierce County Community Connections…
Read MoreFaith and Good Works are Alive in Lakewood!
This is a guest post by Donald Leske, Sr., Property Manager at BCI Properties, LLC, in Lakewood. We thank Donald for his spontaneous outpouring of several stories like this one…
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