One80 Place, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to end and prevent homelessness, hosted a moderated forum for the City of Charleston Mayoral candidates to discuss their stances on policy areas related to homelessness and affordable housing.
Read MoreWith the new year comes another Point in Time Count, counting anyone experiencing homelessness on a single night in January.
Read MoreOne80 Place is one of the few shelters across the country that offers on-site legal services.
Read MoreOne80 Place Chief Development Officer Marco Corona says about a dozen of the clients staying in the shelter have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Read MoreIn Charleston shelter One80 Place, staff are bringing a pharmacist on-site next week to begin vaccinations for clients.
Read MoreOne80 Place says MUSC will hold their pop-up testing clinic from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday. The testing will take place at One80 Place’s location at 35 Walnut Street.
Read MoreThe $200,000 deal, at a rate of $54 a day, is enough to pay several thousands of room-nights. Groups, including Florence Crittenton, One80 Place, Origin SC, and the Navigation Center, will screen clients and provide case management.
Read MoreCharleston’s largest homelessness services provider will receive a $5 million grant that supporters say will reshape their ability to help families who have lost stable shelter.
Read MoreOne80 Place says they are an organization committed to ending and preventing homelessness in South Carolina. On Wednesday, the organization announced that it has been selected to receive a $5 million grant from the Day 1 Families Fund.
Read MoreA homeless shelter in downtown Charleston is one of 42 organizations across the country receiving a monumental grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund. One80 Place announced earlier Wednesday morning that they were a recipient of a $5 million gift.
Read MoreOne80 Place, which is committed to ending and preventing homelessness in South Carolina, today announced that it has been selected to receive a $5 million grant from the Day 1 Families Fund.
Read MoreIt’s all interconnected, she said. The homelessness crisis cannot be separated from other social and economic issues, such as growing wealth disparities, gentrification, lack of public transportation, a dearth of social safety net services, and a criminal justice system that creates vortexes of social dysfunction from which it is difficult to escape.
Read More“We know that just looking at the numbers, you know that systemic racism plays a role in this, and anything we can do to combat it we want to do,”…
Read MoreWhile many were able to quarantine in their own homes—others were not. According to Marco Corona, the Chief Development Officer for One80 Place, they’ve been working on getting those that were in their shelter during the quarantine their own spaces.
Read MoreOne80 Place is one step closer to developing affordable housing.On Wednesday, the project met its fundraising goal after a major grant was given.The $24 million project, known as 573 Meeting Street, will be a permanent home for more than 70 formerly homeless people.
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