Heading Home announces Connie Chavez as CEO
Heading Home is pleased to announce Ms. Connie Chavez has joined the organization as the new Chief Executive Officer. Connie, born and raised in Albuquerque, brings with her a wealth of knowledge from her lifelong efforts to enhance services for the...
Private: Response to feedback from the Op-Ed “It takes a village”
I don’t have all the answers. I believe we’ve opened the door for dialogue and now have an opportunity to find solutions that work for this community. I hope we can all come together to solve the issue and focus on the issue.
Heading Home Strategic Plan (2023- 2028)
HEADING HOME (HH) STRATEGIC PLAN (2023- 2028) HH’s strategic plan will ensure that experiences of homelessness are rare, short-lived, and non-recurring. HH will develop a complete plan of action for each individual we serve to get them from a point where they are...
ABQ Street Connect recognized by Mayor
ABQ Street Connect reduces ER visits by 40% among people experiencing homelessness, program recognized by Mayor Keller According to the latest report, there was a statistically significant annualized reduction of...
ABQ StreetConnect Selected to Present an Innovative Approach to End Homelessness at International Symposium
ABQ StreetConnect Selected to Present an Innovative Approach to End Homelessness at International Symposium. The ABQSC program is a complex-care intervention designed to provide emergency housing, permanent supportive housing, and prioritized street outreach to individuals experiencing chronic homelessness within Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Mayors Ball 2022 Donation
Mayor Tim Keller & One Albuquerque generously donate to Abq Street Connect at the 2022 Mayor’s Ball
Coronado Park Closed in Albuquerque, NM
ABQ Street Connect and Albuquerque Community Safety (ACS @cabqacs), have been working with residents in Coronado Park since August 1 to get them into safe housing by means of the Westside Emergency Housing Center (WEHC) and Albuquerque Opportunity Center (AOC), both programs operated by Heading Home. Around 40 individuals were relocated to the WEHC and AOC, and are being supplied with the resources they need to stay off the streets.
WECH Outreach Team Member
The Outreach Team Member (OTM) will traverse areas of Albuquerque to engage and inform individuals experiencing homelessness about the services offered by the Westside Emergency Housing Center. The Outreach Team Member (OTM) will traverse areas of Albuquerque to...
Memo: From Heading Home’s Board Chair
Greetings, Effective November 1st, Heading Home’s Board of Directors has accepted Joell Ackerman’s resignation as CEO of Heading Home. We wish Joell well as she moves on from Heading Home. Robin Otten, who has been involved with Heading Home since its inception, will...
A Different Experience With Homelessness
(Names have been changed to preserve privacy.) Homelessness takes many forms, and most often it is invisible. Last week I had the opportunity to speak with one of the residents staying at Heading Home’s Lexington shelter in Gallup,...
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