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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 …


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 …


Volunteer turnout far exceeds expectations

By Fred Clasen-Kelly frkelly@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Saturday, Jan. 03, 2009 Tom Duncan took the day off work, but faced a menacing job: Clean and paint a vacant apartment infested with cockroaches and covered in dust. Duncan was among roughly 200 volunteers Friday helping convert an idle 12-story uptown building into a temporary homeless shelter. “We will do what we can,” he said after pointing to food the former tenant left in the refrigerator. Volunteers spent hours repairing, painting and cleaning to prepare the Hall House for homeless women and their children. They will continue working from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Social agencies are trying to reduce a shortage of homeless shelter beds in Charlotte. More than 5,000 people in Charlotte-Mecklenburg are homeless on a given night, but there are less than 2,000 shelter beds. Officials were overwhelmed Friday by …