Our goal is to host monthly events in which we gather a multitude of local businesses to provide services from showers to shoes to on site job interviews in order to improve the overall wellness of the homeless. As an upcoming institution, we need all the help we can get... Join us!
Our work is guided by a set of core values, compassion, integrity, and the understanding that everyone deserves a chance at a good life. We believe that by upholding these values, especially towards the homeless, we can create meaningful and sustainable change in our community.
We started as a small group of Boise High Students who wanted to make a difference for our homeless community. From this, our leadership board formed with 10 current members who will navigate the future of Idaho Homelessness Impact... this is only the beginning!
As of 2022, there are a recorded 1,378 people experiencing homelessness in Idaho. 808 of which are unsheltered.
-idahohousing.com
In 2021, Optum Idaho's Dr. Dennis Woody estimated that 45% of Idaho's homeless population is experiencing mental illness, 20% to 25% of which experience both serious and persistent mental illness. This is higher than both New York and California.
-homelesscoalitionboise.com
As of 2019, 47% of Ada County's homeless family population was living in their cars.
-idahopress.com
This means that the "Point in Time Count" (which counts the number of homeless in Idaho on the street at any given night) misses a large amount of the homeless in need.
The Idaho Homelessness Impact not only outreaches to the homeless in shelters and on the street, but also increases outreach to those who are living in their cars. We do this by table-ing at common places that provide clothing, shower, and meal services to these people in hope to include them in increasing the homelessness wellbeing. In addition to this we provide services at our events in partnership with various mental health services around Idaho to allow for an equal opportunity for all the homeless regardless of mental state.
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