Past News and Updates
About Health – January 26, 2009 - KPFA Radio
EveryOne Home Executive Director Elaine deColigny featured on KPFA Radio – Listen below [interview starts 1:00 in]
Click to listen (or download)
Materials from Berkeley's press conference [PDF]
Berkeley has seen the largest decrease in the number of chronically homeless disabled individuals – a 48% decrease (253 people)!
"In tough times, ranks of homeless students rising"
By EVELYN NIEVES (Associated Press)
"As foreclosures and layoffs force families out of their homes, school districts across the nation are struggling to deal with a dramatic influx of homeless children. Some districts are seeing increases of 50 to 100 percent or more and are so understaffed that it is taking weeks to help the homeless students and families who need it, according to a new survey on homeless children. Educators say students without a stable home are at greater risk of becoming truants, developing behavioral problems and failing in school." [read complete article...]
Advocacy Is Needed
We have an opportunity to expand the resources available to create homes for those with very low incomes including the homeless. Congresswoman Pelosi has asked advocates across California for ideas on how to include funding for housing in the federal economic stimulus package being crafted by President-elect Obama and Congress. Those ideas have been provided to congressional leadership, and now our Alameda County reps need to hear from us supporting the proposals. Click here for more details and to get involved.
Proposer's Conference on Friday, 12/12/08 from 2-3PM. We will be meeting at 2000 Broadway 4th Floor, Tilden Room, Oakland
Everyone Home is seeking a consultant services to translate Everyone Home's system-wide outcome goals into specific program-level outcome measurements for providers of housing and services to homeless people and people at-risk of homelessness that are consistent across multiple local funding sources.
Berkeley Food & Housing Project Tour
Tuesday, December 16th • 10:30 - 12 PM
Russell Street then Dwight Way Housing
1741 Russell / 2140 Dwight Way Berkeley
Come tour these two great sites offering transitional and permanent housing. Stay for lunch at Dwight Way! Click here for more info.
Where God Left His Shoes Film Screening A Success!
Thursday, December 4, 2008• 6:00 pm Doors Open, 6:45 pm Film Screening • FREE
Grand Lake Theater [map] • Oakland, CA
Thank you to all of our attendees, volunteers, and sponsors for making this such a successful event. If you missed our film screening, don't worry, find out more about home screening parties. Click here to view pictures from the event. For more information about hosting a home screening of Where God Left His Shoes, click here.
NY Times Editorial, November 7, 2008
"New York City pioneered the strategy of providing homeless people not just with housing but with drug treatment, psychiatric care and other services they need to live successfully on their own. Even with all the add-ons, supportive housing apartment buildings cost substantially less than shelters and are many times less expensive than jails or beds in psychiatric hospitals." [read complete article... 
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