Aug. 28, 2024 8:00 am
Housing Solutions in Action: Insights from HealthSpark’s Community Gathering
Last week, government officials, practitioners, community leaders, and advocates from all over Montgomery County and beyond convened at the HealthSpark Foundation offices in Colmar for “Building The Public Will for Housing Solutions.” The event, a mini version of Health Spark’s regular Community of Practice events, comes as a response to partners who were in attendance […]
Apr. 17, 2024 7:38 am
When you’re unsheltered, the public in ‘public safety’ doesn’t include you
Supreme Court to decide if you can be fined or jailed for living on the street
Apr. 25, 2023 6:47 am
Holistic Solutions for Housing Systems
Homelessness is an issue with many causes. What solutions are working and what supports do those experiencing homelessness need?
Apr. 18, 2023 10:54 am
Desperately Seeking Housing
Insights from those in need of housing locally and trying to navigate the systems our nonprofits and governments have put in place.
Apr. 11, 2023 6:55 am
Uncovering the Reasons Behind Philly’s 18% Unsheltered Homeless Population
Exploring Insights Contributing to Homelessness Despite Shelter Availability
Apr. 4, 2023 10:37 am
Philadelphia’s Housing Crisis
Why 5,700 men, women and children are living without permanent, functional housing
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Dec. 13, 2022 10:10 pm
Creating a Prosocial Emergency Shelter Culture
Prosocial behavior is the intent to benefit others, such as helping, sharing, donating, co-operating, and volunteering. Since 2016, Bethesda Project’s Church Shelter Program (CSP) for chronically homeless men has committed to proactively including shelter guests in program management in order to encourage a prosocial culture. As peer leaders, guests help staff create the agendas for […]
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Jan. 24, 2022 6:45 am
The problem with homelessness ‘innovation’
In the context of homeless services, innovation needs to move us closer to a fully realized human right to housing—not more tents, pods, or makeshift shelters.
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Nov. 10, 2021 10:28 am
Donations, food and God have kept Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission going for more than 140 years
The $75K contributed this year by Joel Embiid and the 76ers was a welcome surprise, says the Mission's CEO Jeremy Montgomery, but it's only part of the story.
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Aug. 20, 2021 2:27 pm
Kensington residents ask: ‘Why would you think this is acceptable for us?’
When people speak up about neighborhood issues in wealthy neighborhoods, the City resolves them. But in the Kensington area, residents say, the City forces them to wait for solutions.