In the fall of 2020, while the news media was focused on the pandemic and the presidential election, a significant report was quietly released by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. It was titled, Expanding the Toolbox: The Whole-of-Government Response to Homelessness, and it iterated some ideas UGM believes to be foundational in combatting homelessness.
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We asked homeless men at our Shelter to tell us what they wished people knew about homelessness. Their essays astounded us.
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As a volunteer psychologist at UGM's Men's Shelter, Dr. Ed Schultze offers mental health counseling to a uniquely vulnerable population.
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Homelessness isn't a choice healthy people make. It's also not a choice that only addicts make. Asking how a person became homeless can help us understand and better serve all our neighbors.
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UGM Men's Shelter residents, Tyler and Mike, shared their stories of recovery at the recent LIFE Recovery phase promotion event.
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Compassion plus accountability takes on personal dimensions when Barb invites two women experiencing homelessness into her home.
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Debra was painfully lonely long before she ended up homeless. Alcohol covered the pain...for a while.
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We must develop relief and development systems that stop rewarding behaviors destructive to both homeless people themselves and others.
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Relief is not enough. Unless a move from street to housing is accompanied by development of the person, that person will continue to live in poverty.
