Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition

There’s still a chance to share your voice at the 2025 Summit on Homelessness and Housing! Submit your session proposal by December 22nd and join us in shaping statewide solutions. This year’s theme, Collaboration in Action: Building Capacity for Statewide Sustainable Solutions, is all about working together to create lasting change. Your ideas could inspire the next big step forward! 📅 Proposal Deadline: December 22, 2024 🔗 Submit here: https://lnkd.in/gdUy9mZy Let’s make a difference, together. #Summit2025 #CallForSpeakers #HomelessnessSolutions #CollaborationInAction

There’s still a chance to share your voice at the 2025 Summit on Homelessness and Housing! Submit your session proposal by December 22nd and join us in shaping statewide solutions. This year’s theme, Collaboration in Action: Building Capacity for Statewide Sustainable Solutions, is all about working together to create lasting change. Your ideas could inspire the next big step forward! 📅 Proposal Deadline: December 22, 2024 🔗 Submit here: https://lnkd.in/gdUy9mZy Let’s make a difference, together. #Summit2025 #CallForSpeakers #HomelessnessSolutions #CollaborationInAction

This week, the KSHC team came together to celebrate the holidays at our annual Christmas party. It was a wonderful way to pause and reflect on all that this year has brought us—growth, learning, challenges, and triumphs. Through every high and low, we’ve stayed focused on our mission and leaned on each other as a team. Moments like this remind us how important it is to take time to connect, celebrate, and appreciate the hard work and dedication that each person brings to the table. We’re so grateful for this amazing group of people and for the work we get to do together. Here’s to a season of joy, reflection, and looking forward to an even brighter year ahead! Merry Christmas and happy holidays from all of us at KSHC!

This week, the KSHC team came together to celebrate the holidays at our annual Christmas party. It was a wonderful way to pause and reflect on all that this year has brought us—growth, learning, challenges, and triumphs. Through every high and low, we’ve stayed focused on our mission and leaned on each other as a team. Moments like this remind us how important it is to take time to connect, celebrate, and appreciate the hard work and dedication that each person brings to the table. We’re so grateful for this amazing group of people and for the work we get to do together. Here’s to a season of joy, reflection, and looking forward to an even brighter year ahead! Merry Christmas and happy holidays from all of us at KSHC!

We're honored to host three influential leaders who are making significant strides in the fight against homelessness: ⭐Ann Oliva, CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness ⭐Tia Turner, Housing Advocacy Organizer at the National Low Income Housing Coalition ⭐Jesse Rabinowitz, Campaign Director at the National Homelessness Law Center Join us for an inspiring event where national expertise meets local action. Let's collaborate to create sustainable solutions for Kansas! 📅 Save the date: April 22-23, 2025 📍 Location: Hotel Topeka in City Center Be part of the conversation. Be part of the change.

Call for Proposals! The Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition is excited to announce the Youth Summit on April 21st, 2024. This unique event, separate from our main summit, is designed for transitional-aged youth, those with lived experience, service providers, and advocates. The 2024 Youth Summit is a one day event to empower youth by equipping them with the essential tools and resources they need to thrive. We believe in nurturing potential, fostering resilience, and creating a supportive community that inspires confidence, creativity, and growth. We welcome proposals from individuals and organizations, including youth leaders, educators, service providers, and policymakers. Collaborative and youth-led presentations are highly encouraged. View session tracks and proposal requirements here: https://lnkd.in/gUKQKqyc

Thank You, UCS Johnson County Continuum of Care! We’re thrilled to announce UCS Johnson County CoC as a non-profit sponsor for our 2025 Summit on Homelessness and Housing! 🏠 Your support helps bring our theme, “Collaboration in Action: Building Capacity for Statewide Sustainable Solutions,” to life. Together, we’re making strides toward creating impactful, sustainable solutions for housing and homelessness across the state. Thank you for your commitment to this important work. We can’t wait to see the incredible ideas and connections that will come from this year’s Summit! #CollaborationInAction #ThankYouSponsors #HousingSolutions #UCSJohnsonCountyCoC

Last week, members of our Lived Experience Advisory Board took the stage at the National Lived Experience Leadership Conference in San Jose, California! This moment reflects the power of centering lived experience in the fight against homelessness. It’s more than sharing stories—it’s about elevating leaders, building trust, and driving real solutions through collaboration. We are incredibly proud of their leadership and honored to see their voices shaping the future of housing and homelessness solutions. #LeadershipInAction #EmpoweredVoices #SolutionsThatWork #EndHomelessness

Last week, Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition BoS CoC, Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services, Topeka/Shawnee County KS CoC, Wichita/Sedgwick CoC, Johnson County CoC, and Greater Kansas City CoC gathered in Minneapolis, MN, for the Built for Zero Learning Session! With a strong Kansas presence, we're all focused on the same mission: making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring across our state. #KansasStrong #BuiltForZero #HomelessnessIsSolvable

We are perpetually more focused on finding the right message than we are on finding the right messengers. If we are going to credibly push back on the rising tide of criminalization of homelessness, that needs to change. Despite the often-fraught relationship between law enforcement and homeless services, please note the authority offered to Douglas County Sheriff Armbrister here: "Arresting people for minor crimes stemming from homelessness puts law enforcement officials in a difficult position. While they want to serve the public and hold people accountable for their actions, the continual arrests cost tax dollars without addressing the underlying problem. Douglas County Sheriff Armbrister said it’s a cycle that could keep repeating without ever addressing the underlying issues, making it a mostly futile effort. He said lawmakers who want police to beef up their response to minor crimes committed by homeless people are looking for easy solutions to a complex problem. “I look at it as a housing problem,” Armbrister said of growing homelessness in his community. “It's a systemic problem some folks look at as a criminal problem.” https://lnkd.in/e7iBCjW9