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Mental Health & Homelessness – A Provider’s Perspective
“I Never Felt Settled” May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It's befitting to use this space to share what I have witnessed in my work...
Homeless Veterans: Finding Housing Stability through Permanent Supportive Housing
Veteran homelessness is unacceptable. The idea that there are literally tens of thousands of veterans around this country who have...
April is National Volunteer Month!
April is National Volunteer Month. So it seems like a perfect time to introduce myself. I’m Fidel Williams and I am the Community...
Harm Reduction: A Guiding Philosophy of Care
Harm Reduction = Any Positive Change Harm Reduction is a set of practical strategies that reduce negative consequences of drug use and...
Living on the Streets of Chicago in the Winter
When the polar vortex hit Chicago, it was the homeless who were hit the worst. While most of us stayed in the warmth of our homes, cars,...
Family Homelessness: Real Progress and Real Problems
Let’s start with the numbers on the good side of the ledger. From HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), which looks at...
Getting Systems to Work Together: How to Solve Big Problems that Impact Homelessness
I was doing some research this morning and came across a really interesting article about some new services for people who are homeless...
Welcome to Renaissance's Blog! Come on In!
Welcome to Renaissance's new Blog! Exciting, right? Well, we're gonna try and make it an interesting place to learn more about...
