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ADVOCACY

We all have a role to play to increase awareness linked social services and viable community partners to provide resources for food, housing, mental health services, schools, life skills/ jobs, transportation, and financial literacy. Wondering what you can do? Here are a few ways to get started.
Food

Food Hunger
Supporting Crisis, At-Risk, Homeless, Senior Citizens, and Students

Housing Placement & Stability
Supporting Homelessness and Hunger

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Life Skills Training & Development
(Employment & Education Assistance)

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Mental Health & Wellness
Counseling Veterans, Families, Men, Women, Youth:
(Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, At-Risk)

Family and Community Engagement (FACE)
(Schools, Families, Communities Connecting for Success)

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Transportation
(Supporting Seniors to Medical Appointments
Guests for Employment)

INDIVIDUALS

  • Invest time in learning about housing placement and stability, mental health and wellness, life skill training and development, family and community engagement, adult and youth financial literacy. There is no shortage of information out there. 

  • Challenge the assumptions you and other people have about those who are underrepresented in these areas. Lead with kindness and empathy. 

  • Share what you learn and engage people in conversation. We all need to own these problems because it impacts everyone. 

  • Acknowledge that housing placement and stability, mental health and wellness, life skill training and development, family and community engagement, adult and youth financial literacy is not the solution to these areas of insecurity. Resourceful support is critical to meeting the immediate need for families in a crisis, homeless and at-risk Veterans, and (re-entry) adults and youth but only bold policy intervention will create lasting change. 

  • Show our elected officials that transitional housing to permanent housing, healthcare/ medicine, job skills, self-esteem, basic computer skills, job placement, meal plans, counseling, and transportation through resources is a priority for you and for the health of neighbors and communities, and hold them accountable for leading the change. 

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

  • Reach out to another community group and work together.

  • Acknowledge the small steps—we won’t leap out of this problem.

  • Share the impact stories of your support.

  • Don’t let the drive to get it right every time get in the way of doing something good.

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BUSINESSES

  • Provide adequate health benefits, daycare services, and mental health support for your employees.

  • Push yourself to provide the best wages you can.

  • Increase the minimum number of hours you provide employees.

  • Use your position to influence social policy and support community action.
     

GOVERNMENT

  • Push for programs and policies that support all constituents.

  • Increase Income Assistance levels, especially for single individuals and couples without children.

  • Develop policies and actions based on evidence and measurable results.

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Adult & Youth Financial Literacy
(Economic Guidance)

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