The 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 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 MoreOne of the few Charleston-area charitable organizations positioned to accept food donations is asking benefactors to refrain from dropping off turkeys this year.
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Read MoreIf you have to wear a mask, might as well be a hero. One80 Place is inviting community heroes to swing by One80 Place for its eighth annual Turkey and a $20 donation drive on Tuesday, November 24, 2020.
Read MoreOne80 today Place announced Anne K. Surrett will serve as chair of One80 Place’s Board of Directors.
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 MoreAcross demographics, survey respondents agreed there’s not enough affordable housing in the tri-county area. Inequality in wages and policing feed racial disparity, Corona said, and a housing-first movement that doesn’t require a high income or clear records of respondents would help balance the disparity.
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Read MoreSupport services, such as the homeless shelter One80 Place in Charleston, are preparing for the long haul. But as Marco Corona, the shelter's chief development officer, said, the next few months aren't the worry. It's maintaining the new threshold of support six months from now and beyond.
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 MoreLow-income and homeless resource nonprofits have reported an increase in need across the state amid the coronavirus pandemic and its associated pinch on the economy.
Read MoreMeanwhile, at One80 Place, the focus remains on finding housing for those without.
"Our best effort, what we feel is the best solution, is getting people rehoused with temporary financial assistance," Corona said.
Read More“This collaboration among the federal government and local agencies is a beaming example of how to tackle emergencies, as well as how to help formerly homeless families stay safe and healthy in their own homes.”
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 MoreThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has injected an additional $1.5 million into its Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) grant award to One80 Place.
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