July Recap from the Coalition for the Homeless

July 2023

Houston Endowment Grants $10 Million

to Coalition for the Homeless

On July 25, Houston Endowment announced a $10 million operating grant to the Coalition for the Homeless.

This grant from Houston Endowment will help us carry our work forward and attract the ongoing support of local government, philanthropic, and business communities to make investments that will continue to reduce homelessness in the region.

We are so grateful to Houston Endowment for their commitment to our work!

CFTH Young Professionals Group

Hot Weather Bags

THANK YOU to everyone who donated items from the Coalition’s Amazon Wishlist and our Young Professionals Group who helped assemble hot weather bags. And a special Thanks to HEB for donating supplies!

Because of you, our outreach team has supplies to keep our unsheltered neighbors a little more comfortable during these summer months!

Want to Join our next YPG event? We'd love to have you! Follow us on Instagram or visit our page for upcoming meetings and events.

California journalist takes a look at

Texas's approach to homelessness

Reporter Marisa Kendall covers the homelessness crisis in California for CalMatters. After publishing a series of articles about homelessness in Texas, she recently sat down with Texas Standard to discuss what Houston is doing to reduce homelessness and how California leaders are taking note.

Read the CalMatters story

Listen to the Texas Standard story

Community COVID Housing Program Updates

as of July 7, 2023

More than 14,339 people experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk have been housed or diverted from homelessness since October 2020.

9,505

have been served under phase 1 of the program, exceeding our two-year goal of 5,000.

4,834

have been served under phase 2 of the program, toward our goal of 7,000.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CCHP

We are so excited to be one of the 17 finalist cities in the running to receive a $1 million grant as part of Bloomberg's prestigious Public Art Challenge

We are proud to be one of the partners for the proposed project that aims to bring artists and unsheltered individuals to create visual stories from lived experiences.

Last week Mr. Alexander and his team at InterContinental Houston gave more than 800 bottles of water to the Coalition's outreach team.

This much-needed donation will be shared with people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, in an effort to keep our most vulnerable neighbors hydrated during this heat wave.