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 MoreThe words “homeless” and “hungry” don’t come to mind when thinking of Daniel Island and the surrounding areas. However, the community is not exempt from the problems of food insecurity and homelessness.
Read MoreOne80 Place got final approval from The State Fiscal Accountability Authority for a new affordable housing project located at 573 Meeting street.
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 MoreThe original footprint of the first site of the homeless shelter, One80 Place, runs along Meeting Street, where the shelter is planning to turn the now-vacant property into an affordable housing complex, seen Feb. 12, 2021, in Charleston.
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 MoreThe nonprofit homeless shelter One80 Place has served Charleston for almost four decades, and over that span, its leaders have learned that the best way to fight homelessness is to stop it from happening in the first place — before individuals or families are ever unsure about where they will spend the night.
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 MoreThe Cannon Street bakery will make 350 holiday iced sugar cookies for One80 Place this week. “We realize this isn’t exactly fighting hunger,” says Palmisano, “but it is a great time of year to spread love and cheer — which is exactly what we hope our cookies can do. Who doesn’t need a little cheering up these days.”
Read MoreOne of the few Charleston-area charitable organizations positioned to accept food donations is asking benefactors to refrain from dropping off turkeys this year.
Read MoreHelp One80 Place Tackle Homelessness During The Pandemic.
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.
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