by Kim North | May 27, 2021 | Blog Posts, News
The ABQ StreetConnect program serves 120 clients who are a part of a sub-population of persons experiencing chronic homelessness with mental illness, typically with co-occurring substance use disorders and physical ailments. Many ABQ StreetConnect clients are high...
by Kim North | Mar 24, 2021 | Blog Posts, News
The Westside Emergency Housing Center (WEHC) has around 300 beds and offers a safe and welcoming environment to men, women, and families experiencing homelessness in Albuquerque. While staying at the WEHC our guests have access to a computer lab, showers, medical...
by Kim North | Feb 23, 2021 | Blog Posts, News
Over the past ten years, Heading Home has cultivated relationships with hundreds of landlords. These landlords help our Albuquerque Heading Home team ensure our program participants remain housed. Our Housing Director, Dorothee Otero, focuses on finding landlords with...
by Kim North | Feb 22, 2021 | Blog Posts, News
Since the start of the Albuquerque Heading Home housing initiative, we have known, that the solution to homelessness is housing. Covid-19 has made this even more clear. Almost a year ago at the start of the pandemic when it was no longer safe to house hundreds of...
by Kim North | Feb 12, 2021 | News
Our ABQ StreetConnect program will be providing prioritized behavioral outreach for more of our vulnerable community members! ABQ StreetConnect is our specialized outreach team whose mission is to identify, engage, stabilize, and house individuals for whom traditional...
by Kim North | Feb 4, 2021 | News
Families and individuals experiencing homelessness in Gallup, New Mexico, now have a much-needed place to call home. Heading Home has opened the Lexington Hotel, a 26-unit building that provides private rooms, shared common spaces and case management support! In...
by Kim North | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog Posts, News
What are Heading Home’s Core Values? For eight months, a representative group of Heading Home staff and board members have reflected on that question. Five core values that will shape our organization rose to the top of the list. At Heading Home we value...
by Kim North | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog Posts
We have a diverse group of board members who come to us with many different backgrounds. Heading Home’s Board members are dedicated volunteers from a variety of organizations and businesses in the Albuquerque community. Board members are responsible for using our...
by Kim North | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Heading Home is participating in the Target Circle giving campaign. You have the chance to help direct a portion of Target’s donation to making experiences of homelessness rare short-lived and nonrecurring in our community! Now through March 31, please vote for us...
by Kim North | Dec 17, 2020 | Blog Posts, News
On Saturday, December 5th, as part of our Holiday of Hope campaign we hosted a Covid safe donation drop-off. It was a success! We are appreciative to everyone who stopped by! Besides toys for the kiddos we serve, we also received toiletries, blankets, gift cards,...
