Chester County Homeless Youth Count
Decade to Doorways surveyed a total of 140 homeless or unstably housed youth throughout Chester County, Pennsylvania to identify their most urgent needs and determine where the county lacked resources in stabilizing their lives.
Decade to Doorways surveyed a total of 140 homeless or unstably housed youth throughout Chester County, Pennsylvania to identify their most urgent needs and determine where the county lacked resources in stabilizing their lives.
2018-2020 Operational Plan
Decade to Doorways (D2D) is Chester County’s Ten Year Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. It’s an umbrella over approximately 35 organizations diligently working every day to see our community healthy, housed, and stable. These organizations all share in the mission to prevent and end homelessness but they can be split up into four different categories: emergency or transitional shelter, supportive services, permanent housing, and prevention services. As a collective impact model, D2D brings efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation to the current system.
Decade to Doorways (D2D) is Chester County’s Ten Year Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. It’s an umbrella over approximately 35 organizations diligently working every day to see our community healthy, housed, and stable. These organizations all share in the mission to prevent and end homelessness but they can be split up into four different categories: emergency or transitional shelter, supportive services, permanent housing, and prevention services. As a collective impact model, D2D brings efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation to the current system.
Humanizing the Homeless of Chester County Raises Awareness of Important Issue
According to the Chester County Department of Community Development (DCD), 570 people experience homelessness in Chester County on any given night.
With a goal of ensuring the development of safe, affordable, and permanent housing along with other social services for those without homes, the DCD developed the Decade to Doorways initiative in 2012.
By Vista.Today
According to the Chester County Department of Community Development (DCD), 570 people experience homelessness in Chester County on any given night.
With a goal of ensuring the development of safe, affordable, and permanent housing along with other social services for those without homes, the DCD developed the Decade to Doorways initiative in 2012.
Initiative aims to raise awareness of homeless
Despite pervasive affluence, more than a thousand people in Chester County sought emergency shelter last year, and more than half of them, including families with children, had to be turned away.
Such somber statistics formed the basis for an activity that will mark the local observance of National Hunger and Awareness Week, which runs from Nov. 13 to Nov. 19. Decade to Doorways, the county’s 10-year plan to prevent and end homelessness, is looking for volunteers to spread awareness of the problem on Thursday, Nov. 17.
By ChaddsFordLive
Despite pervasive affluence, more than a thousand people in Chester County sought emergency shelter last year, and more than half of them, including families with children, had to be turned away.
Such somber statistics formed the basis for an activity that will mark the local observance of National Hunger and Awareness Week, which runs from Nov. 13 to Nov. 19. Decade to Doorways, the county’s 10-year plan to prevent and end homelessness, is looking for volunteers to spread awareness of the problem on Thursday, Nov. 17.
Chesco makes change to homeless program
In stark contrast to the affluent around them, more than 600 people, many of them children, experience homelessness on any given night, according to Chester County officials.
Even more troubling is the fact that during the past year, 51 percent of the people who called ConnectPoints, a county hotline designed to connect them to emergency shelter and other resources, had to be turned away because beds weren’t available.
By ChaddsFordLive
In stark contrast to the affluent around them, more than 600 people, many of them children, experience homelessness on any given night, according to Chester County officials.
Even more troubling is the fact that during the past year, 51 percent of the people who called ConnectPoints, a county hotline designed to connect them to emergency shelter and other resources, had to be turned away because beds weren’t available.
Chesco seeking public’s aid to find homeless
Days after this past January’s blizzard, teams of volunteers fulfilled a federal mandate by canvassing affluent Chester County in search of residents who typically operate below the radar: the homeless.
The initiative, called the Point in Time (PIT) Count, found that 682 people lacked permanent shelter on the evening of Jan. 27 into the early morning of Jan. 28, according to a report compiled by the Chester County Department of Community Development. The count, mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, helps to determine the extent of homelessness throughout the country.
By ChaddsFordLive
Days after this past January’s blizzard, teams of volunteers fulfilled a federal mandate by canvassing affluent Chester County in search of residents who typically operate below the radar: the homeless.
The initiative, called the Point in Time (PIT) Count, found that 682 people lacked permanent shelter on the evening of Jan. 27 into the early morning of Jan. 28, according to a report compiled by the Chester County Department of Community Development. The count, mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, helps to determine the extent of homelessness throughout the country.
Working to give the homeless shelter, faces
Days after the January blizzard, teams of volunteers spread out across affluent Chester County, searching for residents who often operate below the radar: the homeless.
The effort, part of a national initiative called the Point in Time Count, found that 682 people lacked permanent shelter on the evening of Jan. 27 into the early morning of Jan. 28, according to a report compiled by the Chester County Department of Community Development.
By ChaddsFordLive
Days after the January blizzard, teams of volunteers spread out across affluent Chester County, searching for residents who often operate below the radar: the homeless.
The effort, part of a national initiative called the Point in Time Count, found that 682 people lacked permanent shelter on the evening of Jan. 27 into the early morning of Jan. 28, according to a report compiled by the Chester County Department of Community Development.
Actor, county focus on plight of homeless
Chester County can add Hollywood actor Richard Gere to the growing list of people assisting with Decade to Doorways, its ambitious 10-year plan to prevent and end homelessness in the county – even if Gere’s contribution was inadvertent.
A free screening of his provocative 2015 film, “Time Out of Mind,” at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville on Wednesday, March 10, served as a springboard for calling attention to the problem of homelessness. It attracted an audience of several hundred.
By ChaddsFordLive
Chester County can add Hollywood actor Richard Gere to the growing list of people assisting with Decade to Doorways, its ambitious 10-year plan to prevent and end homelessness in the county – even if Gere’s contribution was inadvertent.
A free screening of his provocative 2015 film, “Time Out of Mind,” at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville on Wednesday, March 10, served as a springboard for calling attention to the problem of homelessness. It attracted an audience of several hundred.
2016-2017 Operational Plan
In 2013, the Department of Community Development launched Decade to Doorways (D2D), a community initiative to end homelessness by the year 2023. It is based on a Ten Year Strategic Plan developed by over 200 community members that involves action and collaboration from many different organizations and individuals across the county. Three years into the plan, the initiative has made significant progress, but members were not clear about what their priorities should be for the next phase of their work.
In 2013, the Department of Community Development launched Decade to Doorways (D2D), a community initiative to end homelessness by the year 2023. It is based on a Ten Year Strategic Plan developed by over 200 community members that involves action and collaboration from many different organizations and individuals across the county. Three years into the plan, the initiative has made significant progress, but members were not clear about what their priorities should be for the next phase of their work.
Know Your Responsibilities: Landlord Basics
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended in 1988, is known as the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to discriminate in any type of housing related transaction on the basis of: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, National Origin, Disability, or Familial Status (presence of minor children in a household, pregnant women or anyone securing legal custody of a child).
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended in 1988, is known as the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to discriminate in any type of housing related transaction on the basis of: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, National Origin, Disability, or Familial Status (presence of minor children in a household, pregnant women or anyone securing legal custody of a child).