The purpose of this blog is to cover the issues of homelessness, poverty, work, and opportunity with a focus on the Research Triangle of North Carolina, particularly Chapel Hill and Orange County. Like over 100 other communities across the nation, there is now a grassroots effort to bring people together to move beyond misconceptions and toward real solutions with the goal of ending homelessness within ten years.

Upcoming Meetings

• Community Initiative to End Homelessness regular bi-monthly meeting: May 16, 2005 at Conference Room at the Whitted Complex in Hillsborough (300 Tryon Street) at 2-3:30 PM.
  Contact: Billie Guthrie, (919)-913-4166
  Fax: 919-913-4171
  Email: bguthrie@opc-mhc.org
  
  
• Neighbor House of Hillsborough, Public Information Meeting; May 16 at 7 p.m.; First Baptist Church, 201 W. King St. in Hillsborough.
  Contact: Ronnie Torrain; Email: rtorain@unc.edu
  
  
• Community Initiative to End Homelessness regular bi-monthly meeting: July 11, 2-3:30 PM, Location TBA.
  Contact: Billie Guthrie, (919)-913-4166
  Fax: 919-913-4171
  Email: bguthrie@opc-mhc.org
  
  

Community discussion group

The Other Side Of The Hill Discussion Group

Recent Posts

Finding a home for the homeless
Not just the status quo.
Ambitious, but not impossible
Is homelessness self-inflicted?
Response to Chapel Hill News Column
Taking responsibility for the problem
Town to consider homelessness partnership
Just put 'em out by the landfill
NIMBY..but at least the Town is doing something.
The Community Initiative to End Homelessness is born

Links

National Coalition for the Homeless

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Homelessness Assistance

Continuum Of Care Contacts in North Carolina

North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness

Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness

Center On Poverty, Work, and Opportunity (UNC)

Interfaith Council for Social Service

Chrysalis Foundation for Mental Health

Triangle United Way

Church In The Woods

Sally Greene, Chapel Hill Town Council

Other Blogs Of Note

Church In The Woods
Greenespace
The Homeless Guy
Daily Kos

Other Sites

Orange Politics.org
Center For American Progress
Air America Radio
Working For Change.org
Common Dreams

Local Media

Chapel Hill News
Daily Tarheel (UNC)
News and Observer (Raleigh)
Durham Herald-Sun
Independent Weekly
N.C. Independent Media

State and Local Government

Town Of Chapel Hill
Town Of Carrboro
Town of Hillsborough
City of Durham
City of Raleigh
Orange County, NC
Durham County, NC
Chatham County, NC
Wake County, NC
State of North Carolina

Archives

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Disclaimer

This blog is independent and is not formally affiliated with IFC, OPC, the Community Iniative to End Homelessness, or any other organization mentioned here. All opinions expressed are solely the personal views of the author(s) and are not endorsed by any government entity or private organization.

Acknowledgements

Although this blog is not formally affiliated with any organization or government entity (as per the above disclaimer), there is a lot of community support that has made this blog possible. A special thanks goes to the staff and volunteers at IFC, OPC, the Chrysalis Foundation, Club Nova, Triangle United Way, the University of North Carolina and all of the congregations and other members of the community who have given so much support to the Initiative to End Homelessness.

I'd like to give a special personal thanks to Chris Moran, Kristin Lavergne, and Scott Hamer of the IFC for their information, help, advice, and support; to the Reverend Robert Seymour for his lifelong dedication to serving those in our community who have no voice that should serve as an inspiration to us all; and to Billie Guthrie and Judith Romanowski of the OPC for the opportunity to be involved in this issue. Also, a special thanks to Maggie Silton for her friendship, support, encouragement, and willingness to listen and advise at every step of this effort.

Local government agencies including the Orange County Board of Commissioners, Chapel Hill Town Councl, Chapel Hill Police Department, and the Carrboro Board Of Aldermen have also been tremendously supportive of efforts to combat poverty and homelessness and for that they should have the sincere thanks of everyone in the community.

The Other Side Of The Hill