Solutions for Dallas Homeless

11/14/2018

Oak Lawn United Methodist Church is providing shelter during cold weather. Volunteers and donations are needed.

With local homeless shelters expected to be full during this week’s chilly weather, some churches are also providing temporary shelter during the stretch of freezing cold nights.

11/08/2018

The City of Dallas Citizen Homelessness Commission invites you to a public forum on homeless feedings.

Topic: Compassion Through Giving: A Discussion on Feeding the Homeless in Dallas.

When: Tuesday, November 13th from 6:30-8:00pm

Where: Harry Stone Recreation Center located at 2403 Millmar, Dallas, TX.

Contact: [email protected]
cc: Mark Clayton For Dallas City Council District 9 Casey Thomas, II Commissioner Theresa Daniel City of Dallas - City Hall

10/22/2018

Your input is needed! The 2017 Dallas Bond passed with $20M for Homeless Sheltering and Housing.

Join us for a Bond Public Meeting to learn how bond dollars are proposed to be used to help the homeless.
Hosted by the City of Dallas - City Hall Citizen Homeless Commission (CHC) and Office of Homeless Solutions.

Tuesday, October 23rd from 7-8pm. Walnut Hill Rec Center located at 1011 Midway Rd, Dallas, TX.
Please share with your neighbors and Dallas citizens.


cc: Mark Clayton For Dallas City Council District 9 Casey Thomas Adam McGough, Dallas City Council, District 10 Casey Thomas, II Adam Medrano Jennifer Staubach Gates Lee M. Kleinman Scott Griggs Campaign Omar Narvaez Kevin Felder, Dallas City Council, District 7 Tennell Atkins Mayor Mike Rawlings Rick Callahan Dallas City Councilman District 5 Philip T. Kingston for Dallas

03/17/2018

Memo from the Office of Homeless Solutions, City of Dallas - City Hall.

As part of the organizational restructure of the Office of Homeless Solutions, its new mission and service direction, and in an effort to increase efficiency and minimize duplication of services, the City will outsource the FY2018 CoC-funded supportive services and related grant-funded positions.
The outsource will be facilitated by the way of the City's standard procurement processes.
This is consistent with the recommendations provided in the City Auditor's "Homeless Response System Effectiveness" Audit Report published in December 2017.
Full update attached. 👇

01/25/2018

Have you seen the "warm a sole" campaign from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas? Socks are the most requested item at area shelters. United Way is encouraging the public to donate $3.60 to provide a pair of socks to every person.

Donate as little as $3.60 to United Way of Metropolitan Dallas to “warm a sole.”

01/18/2018

When it's below freezing outside. This is what overflow looks like. Want to help? Contact OurCalling at the evite below.


cc/ City of Dallas - City Hall City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management

We’re hosting over 200 homeless friends tonight because of the freeze. We could really use some volunteers to help. Please sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-and-help-us-shelter-the-homeless-during-the-freeze-tickets-42106895859

01/18/2018

An important message from The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center. Thinking about our homeless friends tonight. If you or someone you know is in distress please call 211 and/or 311. You could be saving a life!


cc/ Dallas Life Dallas Public Library Austin Street Center Oak Lawn United Methodist Church Union Gospel Mission Dallas The Salvation Army DFW OurCalling Mayor Mike Rawlings Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins City of Dallas - City Hall City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management Dallas Park and Recreation Department GrowSouth Highland Park United Methodist Church United Way of Metropolitan Dallas University Park United Methodist Church Park Cities Baptist Church Park Cities Presbyterian Church University Park United Methodist Church

01/17/2018

Inclement Weather Policy:
Emergency shelters will activate inclement weather protocols following the first evening in December where temperatures drop below 40 degrees. Inclement weather protocols will remain in effect until March 1st.

During inclement weather, shelters will accept 24/7 admissions.

Shelters that have available overflow space will utilize said space during inclement weather. Overflow shelter space is only open and available during inclement weather and when all local shelters are operating at capacity. Shelter staff will be in regular communication regarding capacity and coordinate shelter placements for those with available beds.


source/ Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance
cc/ City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management City of Dallas - City Hall Austin Street Center Union Gospel Mission Dallas The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center OurCalling Oak Lawn United Methodist Church Dallas LIFE The Salvation Army DFW Dallas Public Library

01/17/2018

Two people are dead after spending the night out in the cold in South Dallas.

DART police discovered a woman's body in a wheelchair just before 8:00 Wednesday morning at a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Official DART page) bus shelter at the intersection of S. Malcolm X Blvd. and Peabody Ave. (near Pennsylvania Ave.).

A few hours later, officers found a man's body under an Interstate 45 overpass near Martin Luther King Blvd., near the former site of "Tent City," a homeless encampment that was shut down last summer.

What can you do if you see someone in the cold? Call 311 and ask for crisis intervention. Give an address, description and ask for a call back. During inclement weather, shelters will accept 24/7 admission.
Dallas Inclement Weather Policy:http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Shelter-Collaborative-Inclement-Weather-Protocols_Final.pdf


h/t Paula Colby
source/ NBC DFW January 17, 2018
cc/ City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management City of Dallas - City Hall

Two people are dead after spending the night out in the cold in South Dallas.

01/17/2018

State and local governments rely on nonprofits to deliver most social services, from housing to substance abuse treatment to early childhood education. Now those nonprofits, and their government partners, are concerned that the new tax law passed in December could indirectly slash their funding.

One of the reasons people give to nonprofits is for the tax benefits. But in order to cash in on the incentives for charitable giving, people have to itemize their deductions instead of claiming the standard deduction.

The tax changes certainly make fundraisers' jobs more challenging, says Lee Sherman, president and CEO at the National Human Services Assembly, a national organization representing nonprofits: “When we think about it on the broad scale, across the nation, even taking down a few percentage points of the total giving is a lot of money."


source/ Governing Magazine

Charitable giving is expected to drop, and nonprofits that operate social services for the government will likely take the biggest hit.

01/17/2018

Final FY2017 Continuum of Care Project HUD Funding.


source/ Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

01/17/2018

From the desk of City Manager T.C. Broadnax: 📑

Contract with Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA):
The Office of Homeless Solutions and MDHA staff are currently reviewing the draft terms of an agreement for FY2018. The original contract authorization was scheduled for December 13, 2017; however, MDHA has requested more time to further negotiate the proposed terms of the contract. The proposed terms address the corrective action plan required by the City Auditor’s Audit of the Homeless Response System Effectiveness that was provided to the City Council on December 8, 2017. The proposed scope includes deliverables related to:
• Prioritizing HMIS customization to meet homeless emergency shelter needs;
• Understanding current homeless emergency shelter system capabilities;
• Ensuring stakeholder engagement as HMIS customization; and
• MDHA’s coordination with the Citizen Homelessness Commission and the Dallas Area Partnership to End and Prevent Homelessness Local Government Corporation in order to improve the effectiveness of the homeless response system and implement the appropriate infrastructure for longer-term impact.
The City looks forward to continuing to work with MDHA and the Continuum of Care to improve the accountability and the effectiveness of the homeless response system. OHS plans to seek Council’s consideration to authorize ex*****on of a contract with MDHA at the March 28, 2018 meeting. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact Nadia Chandler Hardy, Chief of Community Services.
Email: [email protected]