homelessness Archives

Rising Homeless K-12 Population in NWA

by Keisha McKinney | Dec 31, 2015 | Solutions

How surprising is it that over half of the homeless counted in the Northwest Arkansas 2015 point-in-time homeless census (PIT) are K-12 students? Over 1,200 students are without a place they can call their own on any given night throughout the year. Every other year...

what can you do: homelessness

by Keisha McKinney | Dec 23, 2015 | Solutions

We’ve talked this month about Homelessness in Northwest Arkansas. At the beginning of the month, I shared some stats that came from the 2015 Homelessness Report. If I’m about anything as a solution seeker, I’m about that….what’s the...

10 Steps to Setting up a Holiday Food Serving Center

by Keisha McKinney | Dec 17, 2015 | Holidays, Solutions

One of the things my dad and I do on Thanksgiving morning is Serving Irving. Its hosted by a church in my hometown and we take food out into the community and feed. We serve food to neighbors and friends in an apartment complex or trailer village. These are usually...

An Option for the Homeless in Northwest Arkansas

by Keisha McKinney | Dec 9, 2015 | Solutions

I am so excited to share my space today with a special guest. When I knew we were sharing about HOMELESSNESS in Northwest Arkansas, I knew I wanted to invite this special guest in to share with you. The more I read about the work that Kevin Fitzpatrick and his team...

FACTS: Homelessness

by Keisha McKinney | Dec 3, 2015 | Solutions

This month as part of our 2015 #NWArkCares campaign, we are looking at Homelessness. When I saw the list of topics come out and I saw that my name was next to this topics, I got really excited. One of the first things that blew my mind when I moved to Northwest...