The Homeless Prevention Coalition of Guilford County has released totals from its annual Point in Time Count of the homeless, conducted last month. The total number of homeless people counted in the county was 981, which was 33 less than last year’s count of 1014. But there was a dramatic … > read more
On Monday evening, Moses Cone Executive Vice President Tim Clontz joined in a discussion with homeless Greensboro residents at the Winter Series at the downtown public library, along with Guilford County Commissioner Paul Gibson and directors and staff from various County departments. One man asked Clontz why HealthServe (a clinic … > read more
From an email conversation with Mike Aiken, executive director of Greensboro Urban Ministry: “GUM is exploring the feasibility of establishing a Housing First for Homeless Families to help with the long waiting list of families at Pathways… [and] looking for other agency partners as well. As we all know, we … > read more
Now that a number of our homeless friends are moving from chronic homelessness to permanent housing, I’ve discovered an interesting conundrum: Many of them are losing access to the internet. Most of them were previously sleeping and spending their days in the vicinity of downtown and UNCG, where they had … > read more
A social work student writes a very optimistic letter to the editor of the News & Record: “Guilford County has moved forward with a 10-year plan… efforts are solidifying.” Really? Please tell me more, because I’m actually on the Task Force and I haven’t heard a thing in months. “In … > read more
Guilford County Commissioner Paul Gibson returned to dine and dialogue with homeless folks at the downtown library on Monday evening, and this week, he brought along a team of folks to join the conversation — Director Merle Green and Asst. Director Ken Carter from Public Health; Exec. VP Tim Clontz … > read more
During a recent conversation, Liz Seymour commented on the practice of holding meetings about housing and homelessness at times and in locations that exclude the homeless: “It would be like having a meeting about disability services on the second floor of a building with no elevators.” She explained her thoughts … > read more
“Lost Soul” Jagged, lost…Out of place. So glad to see a smiling face. Walk in my shoes…A soilder lost in the night, Just another face in the crowd…again? Her wings were burned, the fire destroyed them. But what does she do? sit in her pity- hands over her face, asking … > read more
Today, Travis and I were daydreaming over IM about a day center for our homeless friends: me: i’m hoping that if we get a day center, i can work there. not running it, but just cooking or cleaning or something. just being there travis: You can only work at the … > read more
“Several witnesses stood together on the side of Spring Garden Street, all of us wondering the same thing. What happened to cause this guy to do this. It was plainly deliberate. I am not a mind reader, but it seems to me that as he came to a complete stop … > read more