While providing people facing homelessness access to housing is easier said than done, Tina Rounds, CEO of LaGrange-based nonprofit BEDS Plus, described the organization’s main goal for 2026 simply.
“It’s a new landscape, but what we’re trying to do is take the resources that we have and help as many people as possible,” she told the Landmark. “As a community, we’ve got to stick together and try to make sure we’re still helping people regardless of national problems and structural changes. If there is a person in our community who is homeless, we’re responsible for them.”
BEDS’ chief advancement officer, Terri Rivera, said in August that federal cuts to rental and food assistance programs could increase the number of people experiencing homelessness. Rounds said the nonprofit’s walk-in center in Summit, which is open noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, sees “upwards of a thousand visits a month.”…