Changing Homelessness Email Format
Non-profit OrganizationsFlorida, United States51-200 Employees
Changing Homelessness is a nonprofit organization focused on coordinating and strengthening community efforts to prevent and end homelessness. It provides leadership, advocacy, standards, support, and funding to align local service providers and partners working on homelessness issues. In 2000, the organization incorporated as a 501(c)(3) and became the Collaborative Applicant for Duval, Clay, and Nassau Counties. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, the organization traces its origins to 1974, when a group of social service agencies and downtown religious leaders formed the initiative. Its mission is to guide community effort toward preventing and ending homelessness, with a vision of an end to homelessness. It operates within the nonprofit sector focused on coordinating resources, setting standards, and supporting efforts that help both people experiencing homelessness and the agencies that serve them.