Organizations Fighting Hunger

Description:

Iowa Homeless Community Ambassadors is a diverse membership group of non-profit organizations and homeless individuals who have a common goal of ending homelessness.  They seek to improve housing and supportive services for all homeless and nearly homeless people in the Polk County area.

The members of Homeless Ambassadors are dedicated to creating an organization which:

• remains diverse in its composition
• is action-oriented
• provides a stable forum for all organizations concerned about homelessness to express their opinions and share information with their colleagues, and
• builds on commonalities among the members but respects differences.

Iowa Homeless Community Ambassadors monthly meetings are forums for experts’ presentations on cutting-edge issues, discussion of proposed solutions, information exchange, and work group decision-making.  As a body, Homeless Protection Network writes position papers and letters to policy-makers. Some members testify at the City Council and meet with decision-makers.

How to Help:

Iowans are encouraged to contact their staff for more information about the Iowa Homeless Community Ambassadors. Individuals can also support their work financially or as volunteers.

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