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Tuesdays @ Two: Rethinking Shelter

  On May 1, 2012, NCCEH held a Tuesdays @ Two conference call entitled "Rethinking Shelter".  Carson Dean, Executive Director of the Men's Shelter of Charlotte (MSC) and NCCEH Board Chair, spoke about the ways in which the shelter has integrated rapid re-housing, shelter diversion, and housing first approaches into its work.   Please click the links below to view the materials from the call. MSC Mission & Vision MSC Streets to Housing Model MSC Programming Model MSC Outcomes Report Carson also referenced these resources that MSC found helpful while retooling their program:  Bridgespan Partnership Template The NonProfit Secret: The Six Principles of Successful Board/CEO Partnerships Archived Recording: Current NCCEH members may access a recording of the conference call and presentation.  Members will need to log in to the website to access the recording.  If you are not an NCCEH …


Agencies combating homelessness daily

New Bern Sun Journal Sue Book October 22, 2010   TRENT WOODS — The problem of homelessness may seem a long way from small-town, rural North Carolina. But, in a point-in-time statewide count on Jan. 26, 2010, New Bern Police counted 12 people sleeping on the streets here and the only homeless shelter in four counties filled to capacity with 20 heads on beds.   Homelessness is here.   About 110 people from counties across Eastern North Carolina gathered in New Bern on Thursday for a Homelessness Summit hosted at Garber United Methodist Church by groups including Religious Community Services (RCS), East Carolina Council, Craven County Habitat for Humanity, the City of New Bern, and Neuse River Community Development Corporation.   Area agencies are attempting to deal with homelessness daily, looking for roofs for real people — often with children …


Asheville overflow shelter is open, but not for long

Temporary shelter for 50 women at the Center of Hope still needs $22,000 to remain open to Nov. 30.   Asheville Citizen-Times Mark Price September 27, 2010   The Center of Hope's new overflow shelter on East Fifth Street has taken in its first 25 homeless women and expects to reach capacity in the next two weeks, as more new cots arrive.   Salvation Army officials have so far raised $55,000 for the 50-bed project, which is designed to ease overcrowding at the center's regular, 250-bed shelter for women and children.   But they remain $22,000 short of what's necessary to keep it operating through Nov. 30, when the Urban Ministry Center opens its winter shelter program, Room in the Inn.   As it stands now, there is a three-week shortage, said Deronda Metz, director of the Center of Hope …


Wake OKs grant for new shelter

From Staff Reports RALEIGH -- With as many as 85 homeless families on a waiting list for shelter in Wake County, county commissioners took a new Salvation Army facility for "fragile families" a step closer to reality Monday. Commissioners agreed unanimously to provide $500,000 in federal community development block grant money to the $4 million redevelopment of a 40,000-square-foot building inside the Beltline on Capital Boulevard.   The charity operates a homeless shelter near Moore Square in downtown Raleigh but wants a larger facility to give more services to families. The city of Raleigh is considering a separate $500,000 request; it is expected to come before a Sept. 7 council meeting.   Construction on the building - supplied with everything from a computer center to play centers to a full-service commercial kitchen - is expected to start in October and …


In emergency shelter, kids fret about school

By Tonya Jameson tjameson@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009       When school starts on Tuesday, Sierra will be a senior. This is her time to tour colleges, giggle about prom and stress about graduation.   But Sierra's senior year wasn't supposed to start like this:   Living in an emergency shelter.   Sharing one room with her mom and sister.   Worried about whether she can afford college – any college.   “I know I should be happy because it's my last year,” said Sierra, sitting in the day care room of the shelter. “I've been struggling.”   Sierra and her family live at Charlotte Emergency Housing. She is one of nearly 3,000 students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools who are considered homeless. When these students go to school Tuesday some might catch the bus in front of a cheap …


Come in from the Cold

People in Greensboro, N.C. could tell early on it was going to be a hard winter for the city's homeless population. With the recession and the housing crisis, the city's shelters and overflow spaces were already full - and this winter promised to be a cold one.   Alice Bolton heard about that and began to wonder - why couldn't she put some of those people up in her church? She soon learned other churches and a community center were wondering the same thing. Dick Gordon of The Story talks with Alice about how she convinced Pleasant Garden Baptist Church to set out cots in the fellowship hall and welcome about 20 homeless men. He also talks with Ron Clark, one of the men who found a home and a second chance there.   Listen to the interview on The …