CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A new outreach program aims to connect people without a stable place to live to community resources, and people who used to be unhoused are chiming in and helping out.
State data finds hundreds of people were unhoused for either short or long-term in Linn, Benton, and Jones counties last year.
J’nae Peterman is about a year into her job as Homelessness Systems Manager, a position backed by Linn County and the City of Cedar Rapids. She’s leading the charge of a new street outreach group that directly communicates with people without homes…