January 31, 2018
Point in Time Count
Today is the annual national Point in Time (PIT) Count of those experiencing homelessness. This day has been a long standing measure of homelessness across the country, however it tells […]
November 2, 2017
Advocacy and Housing
Blog Post by Jesica Vail, Program Manager of the Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness Yesterday I joined a panel conversation to speak to social work students about the […]
March 29, 2017
Housing First Overview
What is Housing First, and why do people keep talking about it? This great (and short) video gives an excellent overview!
November 17, 2016
Homelessness: The Tip of the Iceberg
An often forgotten aspect of homelessness, that is critical to understanding it, is how desperately people try to avoid losing their housing. Homelessness rarely, if ever, occurs spontaneously in situations […]
November 16, 2016
The Cost of Homelessness
I talk about the moral imperative of not allowing any of our people in Kent County live and die on our streets. For some, this call does not resonate. There […]