Connect and Learn:

“Housing Matters” Monthly Online Meetings (2nd Wednesday of the month)

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Books


Toxic Charity by Robert Lupton
Toxic Charity provides proven new models for charitable groups who want to help - not sabotage - those whom they desire to serve.  Click here to order.

When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and unintentionally) done more harm than good.  Click Here to order.

Evicted:  Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
New York Times Bestseller that follows 8 families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Click Here to order.

Upstream by Dan Heath
Upstream probes the psychological forces that push us downstream—including “problem blindness,” which can leave us oblivious to serious problems in our midst. Heath introduces us to the thinkers who have overcome these obstacles and scored massive victories by switching to an upstream mindset and delivers practical solutions for preventing problems rather than reacting to them. Click Here to order.

Websites

2019 ALICE Report – Kalamazoo County  Click Here

Kalamazoo County Point in Time Count  Click Here

Kalamazoo County Continuum of Care 2021 Annual Report  Click Here

Kalamazoo County Housing Plan  Click Here

Watch:

A 14 Year Olds View of “Hidden Homelessness” – FRONTLINE (4:08)  Click Here

Alone and Mentally Ill in New York City – FRONTLINE (6:09)   Click Here

Inside LA’s Homelessness Epidemic (10:34)  Click Here

Decode Colorado – Homelessness (45:02)  Click Here

Poverty, Politics, and Profit – FRONTLINE (53:16)  Click Here

Local Agencies:

Mothers of Hope  Website      

HOPE thru Navigation  Website

Healthy House for Women   Website

Kalamazoo Coalition for the Unhoused   Website   

Ministry with Community  Website

Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries   Website