LIVE CHAT: Housing First Forum
Lloyd Pendleton, former director of the Utah Homeless Task Force, will speak on the issue of homelessness and its impact on a community noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at McLaughlin Auditorium, 1805 Sequoia St., Redding. He will stress the need for cooperation between multiple agencies in the county, city and private sector with the topic "How Utah Implemented 'Housing First' and Reduced Homelessness." The forum will be hosted by The Women's Fund of Shasta County, Record Searchlight and Shasta Community Health Center. In 2005 Pendleton and his staff drafted a plan to address Utah's chronic homelessness and after 10 years the numbers that population is down by 91 percent due, in part, to an aggressive housing first model. Join our live chat here at noon by entering a "display name" or via Twitter using #ShastaHousing. Ask questions, make comments and share links to articles you've read about finding solutions.
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But LA has 3.5 percent, and that's way beyond normal ranges, Pendleton says. -
Pendleton says he takes a larger look at a community and it's issues.
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He's showing a chronic homeless chart. It looks like a downhill ski slope, going from nearly 2,000
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Pendleton has been carrying message: it can be done, here's how, and keep a consistent track.
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You need to get people's attention and tell them here's a solution and it works!
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If you are solution oriented, you will find a solution.
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Lloyd Pendleton shares Utah Chronic Homelessness Count #ShastaHousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9ekY8VAAARkYE.jpg
by Michelle Rogers via twitter 2/11/2016 8:31:02 PM -
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Pendleton: You have a blue ribbon committee, and a year's long study.
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A community needs a champion to keep it in front of people and on track.
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Pendleton: we got a team together and we just went out and did it.
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If you're barrier oriented you'll find plenty of barrriers. If you're solution oriented you'll find a solution. - Pendleton #ShastaHousingby Silas Lyons via twitter 2/11/2016 8:32:21 PM -
At #ShastaHousing : Sometimes you need to take extraordinary measures especially to get key people on board that solution does work.by Jenny Espino via twitter 2/11/2016 8:32:21 PM -
Pendleton: When you're fragmented, you miss issues. You have gaps.
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Pendleton: You have some great agencies here. Rescue Mission is really good.
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Pendleton: You have an extraordinary leader at Rescue Mission who wants to be part of the solution.
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Pendleton: you have good people, and they have compassion.
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Pendleton: What makes a champion? Energy, bias to act.
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Cool to hear about the work of #CollectiveImpact in Utah! Proud of what exists in our community! #ShastaHousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9fMgFUsAALZgp.jpg
by UnitedWayNorCal via twitter 2/11/2016 8:33:30 PM -
Pendleton talks about a seminar he went to about public works projects and which ones were successful.
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Pendleton: I met with Kristen Schreder yesterday. She needs a champion and others to bring information to her.
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Pendleton: She needs the county chair to convene people.
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He's brought Kristen Schreder to the stand. The councilwoman is leading a study on homelessness.
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We need champions to end homelessness, like Kristin Schreder! #shastahousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9f1GTUAAA-mWF.jpg
by Visit Redding via twitter 2/11/2016 8:36:14 PM -
Pendleton is applying characteristics of champion to Schreder.
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Awesome to see Councilwoman Kristen Schreder honored as a champion in our community! #shastahousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9gKAPUcAAkiu7.jpg
by UnitedWayNorCal via twitter 2/11/2016 8:37:42 PM -
Pendleton: Get the housing and get going. People got excited. Something was being done.
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Pendleton: Then people started to see property that could be used for housing
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Pendleton: YOu can make that paradigm shift and you can start to see opportunities.
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Awesome to see Councilwoman Kristin Schreder honored as a champion in our community! #shastahousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9gTDeUYAEg1t-.jpg
by UnitedWayNorCal via twitter 2/11/2016 8:38:20 PM -
Pendleton: Homeless organizations bought a hotel and made it into housing for homeless. All because they started thinking about how to get there.
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by JamminWithPearl via twitter 2/11/2016 8:38:53 PM -
Lloyd Pendleton brings Kristen Schreder onto stage to laud as local champion addressing homelessness #shastahousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9gdRcUEAEOq4M.jpg
by Sean Longoria via twitter 2/11/2016 8:39:02 PM -
Pendleton back on characteristics of champion and Schreder.
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If have a mistake, learn from it. Send that positivity out into the universe.
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Inclined to teams? Provide the juice and form teams from different, not like minded? Check.
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Pendleton: Step up and as strategy gets together, say you want to be part of strategy plan.
