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Community Solutions, Inc.
We deploy innovative problem-solving tools towards creating a lasting end to homelessness that leaves no one behind.
Lake County, Illinois, continuously improves their systems to ensure veteran homelessness remains rare, brief and nonrecurring.
Two days before ringing in Independence Day in 2019, Lake County, Illinois, demonstrated their commitment to veterans when they announced functional zero.
Four years later, they continue to sustain this milestone for solving veteran homelessness.
“They are all incredible exemplars of the value of ‘failing forward’ and courageous exploration into change ideas that help their system continuously improve,” Elise Topazian, Program Lead, Path to Zero, commented.
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When it comes to solving homelessness, we know what is critical: gathering communities around shared aims, building collective will, and leveraging data to drive toward zero.?
That’s why we’re thrilled that Illinois is the latest state to announce its plan to scale quality data. It joins Colorado and Maine as the third state to work on scaling data statewide.
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“The only way to address homelessness is to work together with unhoused people, honor their self-determination and make clearly-defined commitments with housing at the end.”
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Medically-supported street outreach can be integrated into a community's homelessness response to reduce barriers to accessing care.
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Join Adam Ruege, Director of Strategy and Evaluation of Community Solutions, as he discusses racial disparities in rental debt on July 18. Register here.