In this weeks conversation, we focused on healing from substance abuse, mental illness, relational healing, and systemic/community healing. Given that roughly 70% of homeless individuals are homeless as a result of substance abuse, we began our conversation there. Our guides Rudy and Charles had much to offer in helping our Unity-Works team understand the complexities of substance [...]
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This conversation was facilitated by Tiffany Hall. Tiffany has worked in the inner city with a group that offers tutoring to inner city youth. Tiffany will be posting insights from this conversation in the coming days. We live in a world where education is one of the basic elements for getting us through any door [...]
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Many of the barriers to housing are overcome as individuals move into full-time employment. Homeward’s point-in-time count indicates that 80% of homeless individuals are either unemployed or underemployed. Without income, many have no housing options until they become gainfully employed. During this weeks discussion we looked at the barriers to employment which include untreated mental [...]
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During our first workshop session we looked at the homeless continuum of care from those at-risk of homelessness, to those sleeping on the streets, those sheltered in emergency and transitional shelters, to those living in permanent subsidized housing to ultimately achieving housing independence. In each of these categories we learned about the agencies serving each [...]
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During our project kick-off we covered a number of topics including an overview of the demographic information available from Homeward on the composition of the Homeless population in Richmond along with identification of barriers to effective urban ministry. Below is the agenda from our orientation. Project Orientation Agenda : unity-works-orientation-971 Homeless Population Demographic Analysis and [...]
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The Unity-Works project launched this fall with over a dozen participants representing four congregations. Our guides on this journey are Rudy Green and Charles Fitzgerald. Visit “The Guides” page to learn more about Rudy and Charles.
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