Stacy Pollard

So grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with @progressive to support children and their families that are facing #housing crises. #endhomelessness

It's great to see Congress recognize the #housingcrisis this way, with targeted, coordinated leadership. I recently had a call with a single dad who is paying $2,300/mo for the least expensive apt he could find. He's worried that he can't sustain it. rollcall.com/2023/06/07/rep…

There is simply not enough #affordablehousing.

Thank you to @KGWNews for bringing light to the invisibility of #family #homelessness. As a local, all of our focus seems to be on what we can see. By not acknowledging/responding to the reality for families and children, we are creating harm. kgw.com/article/news/l…

From a @fpnational Affiliate: "Mom keeps a smile on her face, but you can tell she is tired. Working two jobs and around 65 hours a week, plus raising three young boys... When asked how long they have been homeless, mom responds with 'one year.'" #familyhomelessness #MothersDay

This is what it is all about- ending #familyhomelessness one family at a time. This family of 6 is moving into permanent #housing! Congratulations to this extraordinary family, and to @FPRiverside! #endhomelessness @fpnational

Zoning meeting for approval on building to serve #children & families experiencing #homelessness. Neighbor protests. Council: "we are not going to entertain complaints of not in my back yard", every community needs these services. Wish more leaders agreed. #NIMBY @fpnational

Too many communities lack resources for families with #children experiencing #homelessness. The expansion of services here is wonderful- "we have families in crisis, families that are on the edge all the time..... But you don't ever see them." @fpnational ktvh.com/news/family-pr…

Love and care in action. So many of us want to help others and don't know how. So making the ask is important. I prefer to believe that most of us will share love when given the opportunity. @fpnational familypromise.org/latest/a-size-…

Family Promise has seen this too. “Our goal is getting people housed.... But the people we’re working with are usually in crisis and that means our staff has to absorb a lot of vicarious trauma.” #youcantpourfromanemptycup #endhomelessness @fpnational washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

The weight of housing, food, and financial insecurity is not just too heavy for parents. The children carry it right along with them.

I loved this whole article. I love the idea of people becoming "poverty abolitionists" and the goal that "The ideal poverty rate in America is zero. Why settle for anything less?" #PREACH #Endpoverty #endchildhoodpoverty nytimes.com/2023/03/16/opi…

I was disappointed by how little family/youth #homelessness was discussed during yesterday's Senate hearing w/ @USICHgov. USICH represents 19 fed depts, and yet referred almost exclusively to HUD data, which is not an accurate representation of kids and families. #kidsdeservemore

@FPSouthRD There are FIVE in my state (Oregon) :)

What would the world look like if we all gave what we could? During college I worked as a receptionist for a spa. I spent the morning volunteering at #ProjectHomelessConnect, and spent the afternoon selling $1,200 worth of skincare product to one person. I'll never forget that.

It would be great to see system-wide #rentrelief. The #affordablehousing crisis is driving increases in #homelessness, and #families with #children are losing. 2.5 million children experience homelessness each year in the US. businessinsider.com/rent-decline-f… via @businessinsider

#HousingNotHandcuffs This ordinance makes no sense and is harmful. Interventions should be trauma-informed, not traumatizing. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c… via @nbcnews

I'll never forget a dear family of 5 I worked w/@ my fmr @fpnational Affil. Dad had 3 jobs. Mom had a miscarriage➡️lost her job ➡️lost rental➡️tried hotels➡️ran out of $➡️landed in tent➡️endured a summer, but MI temps⬇️fast. They endured so much b/c they were not #homelessenough.

This is a fantastic accounting of how #families/#children/#youth are not adequately included or recognized in the #homeless response system. #endhomelessness @SchoolHouseConn @fpnational schoolhouseconnection.org/left-out-of-al…

While my kids are celebrating a #snowday in Oregon, I am thinking of those that are living outside in all of this. Tents and tarps are not #housing, and certainly not insulated. #Homelessness should not exist.