A collaboration between area nonprofits, philanthropists, business leaders and more, the Downtown Pathways Project will attempt to end chronic homelessness in the city of Grand Rapids by the end of the year.
As of Monday, there are 172 people in the city who are experiencing chronic homelessness, according to the Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness, which keeps a by-name list of these people and, along with its partners, works to find permanent residencies for them.
In March, the Downtown Pathways Project officially began, building on the progress already made by 100 in 100 in Kent County, a prior collaborative effort to permanently house and provide supportive case management to a hundred individuals experiencing chronic homelessness…