Street to Home is Growing
Four years ago I founded a project called Street to Home that aims to advance progress on ending homelessness locally. S2H is distinct because it isn’t another non-profit – it is an effort to employ collective impact to create opportunities of high leverage to solve a complex social issue.
Today homelessness in Melbourne, Florida is still a top community issue, so there remains much work to do. But progress is being made. S2H partners have helped over 100 residents with the longest histories of homelessness achieve housing stability. Daily Bread and South Brevard Sharing Center now invest in ending homelessness, not just feeding. The City of Melbourne has become the first municipality in Brevard to allocate general revenue funds directly for reducing homelessness. The Housing Authority of Brevard County is allocating resources to create supportive housing for those with the greatest...