Articles Tagged: Homelessness

As Cedar Rapids nonprofits and homeless residents prepare for winter, some advocates fear the situation will get worse before it gets better.

Willis Dady Homeless Services has shared its annual Holiday Giving Opportunities to invite the community to support those experiencing homelessness this winter in Linn County.

The Cedar Rapids City Council on Tuesday advanced a rezoning request to make way for Linn County’s overflow shelter to serve the homeless population this winter.

See how you can support the nonprofit’s first gala in November.

The non-profit’s new social enterprise involves creating 13 supportive housing apartments, and giving people exiting homelessness a place where they can learn new skills and prepare to enter the workforce.

The Rapid Rehousing Project, run by the Iowa Finance Authority, will expand services offered by existing agencies, as well as work to reach individuals who might not have been eligible for assistance previously.

This year’s season will be the last at the Fillmore Building

Historically, one person has been tasked with building relationships and finding ways to meet the needs of these families in all 32 Cedar Rapids schools. This year, all that is changing.

The new Willis Dady Works project will take two old buildings off First Avenue NW and turn them into an Employment Hub and new supportive housing units to end homelessness and help individuals learn to be self-sufficient.

The Iowa City Shelter House held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday on its second Housing-First permanent housing project.

The effort to reach vulnerable populations in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout will include homeless populations for the first time in Cedar Rapids this week. Mercy Medical Center is partnering with local agencies to administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to individuals experiencing homelessness at two vaccine clinics.