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Community Solutions and Built for Zero awarded MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change Grant
With this grant, Community Solutions aims to accelerate an end to homelessness in the United States. Through its Built for Zero initiative, Community Solutions will help a critical mass of at least 75 geographically and politically diverse communities reach and sustain functional zero for chronic or veteran homelessness by 2026.
Case Studies
Suburban Cook County targets an end to chronic and veteran homelessness during Covid crisis
The Suburban Cook County team, which joined Built for Zero in 2015, has managed the “COVID curveball” lobbed their way by strengthening their case conferencing and resource sharing, increasing outflow through housing placements, and implementing many targeted and impactful strategic improvements to the way they work.
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New York Times: How Many Americans Are Homeless? No One Knows
But more cities are carefully tracking these populations — and making progress in addressing the problem.
Case Studies
Bakersfield and Kern County, California: Functional Zero Case Study
Bakersfield and Kern County joined an elite group of just five communities in the United States that have been certified for functional zero for chronic homelessness.
