COVID-19 has not only flipped daily life on its ear, it has also exacerbated big challenges that Vitalyst and its partners have been working to solve. Not sure what we mean by big challenges? Well, look no further than issue of available, safe, and affordable housing. Throughout Arizona, supportive shelter was increasingly out of reach for far too many residents B.C. – that’s before COVID. Now, things are far more challenging and urgent. No one yet knows the exact increase in the numbers of Arizonans experiencing homelessness, in need supportive housing, or hoping to not have to choose between say “rent and food,” or “rent and filling a prescription,” but it’s fair to assume that COVID-19 hasn’t made the lack of affordable housing any less of a crisis unto itself.
Many experienced health care and government partners agree: housing IS health care. In fact, there’s another curve out there to flatten: the spike in the numbers of people for whom shelter-in-place is impossible, for whom the concept of a supportive home is a challenge at the least; or even worse a high-cost, high-stress, overwhelming burden.
Here’s the thing: there is opportunity in crisis. Very smart, very dedicated people have been working on housing all over the state. So we asked some of them to join us today. We all need to know what tools we might use to make positive progress when it comes to ensuring that everyone can find a place they can call home.
Links:
E129: Implementing Effective Community-Specific Alternate Response Strategies and Collaborations
E128: ¿Qué es el Patrocinio Fiscal y qué hace TAPAZ por los proyectos patrocinados?
E127: Inclusive Voting in Arizona & Health Implications
E126: What is Fiscal Sponsorship and What Does TAPAZ Do for Sponsored Projects?
E125: Legislative Outlook & Policy Updates
E124: HIV – Reducing Stigma and Educating the Public
E123: Housing Solutions_Manufactured Housing
E122: Healthcare Marketplace Open Enrollment, Medicaid Redetermination, and the Cover Arizona Coalition
E121: Where is Arizona: First Responders and Mental Health Integration
E120: Feeding Matters: The Systems Change Behind Pediatric Feeding Disorder
E119: Arizona Town Hall: Equity for All Arizonans
E118: The Nature Conservancy and the Evolution of Systems Change
E117 - Superior: Gateway to the Copper Corridor
E116: The Long Game: A Conversation with Floribella Redondo of AzCHOW
E115: Systems Change Takes Time: Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth
E114: The Arizona Food Systems Network
E113: Medicaid Unwinding
E112: A Conversation with UPI Loan Fund and Native Community Capital: A Look into Impact Investing
E111: Promising Housing Practices in Arizona
E110: The Technical Assistance Partnership and the Arizona Coalition for Military Families
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