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Sporadic reflections from the front lines serving single adults experiencing homelessness, one eye on COVID, Phoenix winter, starting heat relief conversations, disrupting systems and living up to the legacy of a champion. It's been 24 days since my last post. Nearly 16 months of loss of smell personally.
As I sit with the keyboard, I feel surprised that more than three weeks have passed since my last writing. Several times I thought about writing, and then, an interruption or a higher priority. I need mental space and enough alertness to write. Tonight's the night.
This past Monday (Jan. 23) the HSC Street Outreach team counted 918 unsheltered individuals in our immediate neighborhood. More than 900 were sheltered in buildings on the Campus.
Shortly after my last writing which mentioned future big news for Human Services Campus, Inc. (HSC) the news became public. HSC was awarded $10M from outgoing Arizona Governor Doug Ducey! Holy smokes. I can finally talk about it. It was early December when I received a call telling me the request was working its way through the State process, and the information was EMBARGOED. I couldn't talk about it. I was probably holding my breath for a full month.
So what does this mean for HSC? [Read More...]
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