DES MOINES, Iowa — Homeward Iowa is developing a five-year plan to address the needs of individuals and families experiencing homelessness, and they want the community’s input.
Homeward Iowa works to develop and implement plans that will address homelessness concerns and help establish opportunities for those facing homelessness to succeed.
On Thursday Homeward held their second summit, which invited members of the community to come and hear their plans and then provide their own input.
“Folks are concerned about homelessness within our community and they really want to work together to create new solutions and to support current solutions as they move forward to help with folks addressing and finding stability and housing,” said Angie Arthur the executive director of Homeward.
Housing Innovations Matt White outlined the plan and gave a detailed account of strategies and how they would work to implement strategies and struggles they may face.
After the presentation the participants were invited to mark sections of the plan with stickers indicating good, bad, or needs work. They were also able to leave ideas on sticky notes and brainstorm ideas with Homeward members.