Miami Coalition for the Homeless. Homelessness. Miami, South Florida

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Sunday, May 19, 2013 Helping to Prevent and End Homelessness

Pictured above, Miami Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director Barbara "Bobbie" Ibarra interacts with an individual experiencing homelessness in downtown Miami during a coordinated street outreach with the City of Miami Police Department. Miami Coalition for the Homeless (MCH) is currently in the process of revamping our webpage. We encourage and welcome any feedback pertaining to our website design moving forward. We look forward to bringing you the final product! Please excuse us while we are in this period of transition, as many of our site pages are under construction while we update, synthesize, and transfer content to our new page. We encourage you to lend feedback on what elements, tools, and information you would like to see incorporated on our new page! We understand at the Coalition how important our supporters' and community are to us making an impact, together, moving forward. Please visit our social media pages to stay up to date on all issues pertaining to homelessness and MCH initiatives! Advocacy - We send action alerts and give up-to-date legislative information on homelessness and affordable housing measures being considered in Tallahassee and Washington D.C. Emergency Assistance - We provide financial assistance to individuals and families that are at immediate risk of becoming homeless. Indoor Meals Program - Everyone deserves to have their basic needs met, such as the right to food. We support several faith based and secular organizations in providing food to those experiencing homelessness. Public Awareness - Using tools like the "Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau" we educate the community on true issues surrounding homelessness, resulting in essential support and resources being provided to those in need. Youth Homelessness Initiative - If we, as a community, provide life skills, education, housing, health care, and other proactive means to work toward ending and preventing youth homelessness: we may one day reach this goal. please choose a program:		Read our latest Huffington Post Impact feature on Youth Homelessness National Alliance to End Homelessness releases "The State of Homelessness in America 2013" Miami Homes for All Campaign "Homes for All? That's our Goal" USICH Framework to End Youth Homelessness Executive Director Bobbie Ibarra and Policy Director Terry Coble represent MCH during Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida's (NHSSF) NeighborhoodLIFT event at Charles Hadley Park. Below, Alex and Chris Kiener, two young aspiring photographers from Coral Reef High School in Miami, visited the coalition to learn more about sharing their incredible work in our community. You can see more of their work Here and follow on twitter @art_is_homeless. Below, MCH Executive Director Bobbie Ibarra pictured with the Honorable Judge Cindy Lederman who was recognized by the American Society of Public Administrators during their Women’s History month Celebration. MCH Executive Director Bobbie Ibarra, pictured below with fellow Board Members of Funders Together to End Homelessness (FTEH) at the 2013 National Conference on 'Ending Family and Youth Homelessness'. Pictured from the left; Bobbie Ibarra, David Wertheimer (Board Chair of FTEH), Anne Miskey (Executive Director of FTEH) and Leslie Strnisha (Board Vice-Chair of FTEH). AmeriCorps VISTA Portia Dudley at Chapman Partnership's 2013 5K Run Wild event! Community Outreach Liaison Tina Greene, and AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteers Portia, Sean and Jorge helped to contribute toy donations to those less fortunate this holiday season through the major annual toy drive by the Miami Rescue Mission Below, members of the community gather at the Government Center in Downtown Miami-Dade to remember those whom passed in 2012 on National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day Stay up to date with the latest news both local and national concerning issues pertaining to homelessness by following MCH on Twitter at Facebook!

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Helping to Prevent and End Homelessness