RESULTS OF YOUR TAG SEARCH:
Wichita – Sedgwick County 2023 Point-In-Time Homeless Count Results Released
Note: As of January 2024, Impact ICT – Continuum of Care is known as the Coalition to End Homelessness in Wichita/Sedgwick County. Learn more at unitedwayplains.org/endhomelessness.
The annual Point-In-Time (PIT) Homeless Count is a national effort undertaken once a year by professionals and volunteers to count those who are currently homeless in communities across the United States. The results . . . [Read More]
What is functional zero homelessness?
You may have heard a new phrase in Wichita about ending homelessness through the functional zero model. So what is it, how does it work and can it be used to solve homelessness in Kansas?
We had Cole Schnieders, United Way Continuum of Care Planning Manager, help answer some of the common questions regarding the functional zero model.
Q: What is functional . . . [Read More]
Haley Button has joined the team at United Way of the Plains
United Way of the Plains welcomed Haley Button to the team today. Button has been hired as the Associate Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) Administrator. She will support area homeless service providers by training new database users, monitoring the tech support desk and submitting reports to the Coalition to End Homelessness in Wichita/Sedgwick County and to the U.S. . . . [Read More]
United Way News You Can Use: August 2022
Announcing $100,000 for innovative solutions to community issues
Nonprofits, think you have the next bright idea to advance the common good? United Way of the Plains is hosting Impact on the Plains, a “Shark Tank”-style competition in pursuit of bold solutions to complex community issues. Up to $25,000 will be awarded to entrepreneurial nonprofit programs that transform . . . [Read More]
Wichita-Sedgwick County 2022 Point-In-Time Homeless Count Data Released
Note: As of January 2024, Impact ICT–Continuum of Care is known as the Coalition to End Homelessness in Wichita/Sedgwick County. Learn more at unitedwayplains.org/endhomelessness.
The annual Point-In-Time (PIT) Homeless Count is a national effort undertaken once a year by professionals and volunteers to count those who are currently homeless in communities across the United States. The results provide a snapshot of persons . . . [Read More]
Water for the homeless in Wichita
If you are looking to donate water or in need of water in Wichita, read this.
Water is a basic need. It doesn’t matter what path you take in life (or where life takes you), you need access to water to survive.
In the hot summer months, that need becomes more important for all our neighbors.
People who are experiencing homelessness, or struggle . . . [Read More]
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