Ending Homelessness Community Initiative

A Partnership of The City of Raleigh, Wake County, Wake Continuum of Care Homeless Service Agencies and Triangle United Way with Raleigh/Wake Citizens, Businesses, Community and Faith Organizations

ABOUT US

The mission of the Raleigh/Wake Partnership to End and Prevent Homelessness ("The Partnership") is to reorient the service system from one that manages homelessness to one that prevents and ends homelessness through the power of partnerships. The Partnership represents more than 15 years of dedicated effort by the Raleigh/Wake community toward this goal. As a 501(c) 3 charitable organization, The Partnership:

• Serves as a convener to encourage collaborative partnerships to end homelessness among nonprofit and government agencies, faith based institutions, businesses, civic and professional organizations, public officials, and service providers.

• Implements public awareness and advocacy strategies that help to strengthen fundraising efforts which will enable increased quality and quantity of homeless services provided by area agencies.

• Works to increase the availability of affordable housing focused on those with incomes below 40 percent of average median income.

• Provides a multi-disciplinary, formal interagency network to find and support solutions to end and prevent homelessness that could not be developed or implemented in isolation by individual service agencies.

• Identifies gaps in services and creates a plan to close the gaps.

• Helps to move individuals and families in Raleigh/Wake County from homelessness to self-sufficiency.

• Is the primary entity charged with implementation of the Raleigh / Wake 10-Year Plan to End and Prevent Homelessness, which was adopted by the Raleigh City Council and Wake County Board of Commissioners.

Approximately 78,000 people are estimated to be living in poverty in Raleigh/Wake County with many at risk of homelessness. More than 3,300 people including 700 children and 500 veterans experience homelessness during the course of a year. Each night there are on average 1,100 people including 200 children who are homeless in Wake County.

The Partnership works to address three areas: 1) Housing and Support 2) Prevention and 3) Employment, Education and Income.

Through public awareness, advocacy and collaboration among homeless service providers, The Partnership helps ensure that the most effective housing solutions, prevention services and support services to prevent persons from becoming homeless and enable those homeless to move to and remain in a stable housing situation and maximize their self-sufficiency.