Homeless Services Consortium Dane County / Madison, WI

Meet Fares Fares, Men’s Shelter Manager at Porchlight, Inc., and one of the voices you’ll hear at SEEN & UNSEEN on March 3. 🎤

Fares brings real, frontline stories of homelessness and the path toward housing during our noon opening program.

Join this free, self-guided experience with 4 stops around Capitol Square and witness the unseen journey from homelessness to housing.

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In 2023, Madison/Dane CoC was awarded HUD funding to address unsheltered homelessness. These funds have expanded our community's street outreach capacity and increased availbility of rapid rehousing resources. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has released some early data on the impacts of these funds across the country.

Federal Initiative to Address Unsheltered Homelessness Shows Promise The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

The HSC's Community Plan Committee has published their Winter newsletter. This month's focus is on the Homelessness Awareness Summit. Enjoy!

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The Early Childhood Homeless Workgroup provided a training on Building Early Childhood Connections. We know how important it is to connect our youngest community members to quality care and programming. Thank you for ECHW for providing resources to make that happen!

Thank you to the Cap Times for highlighting the Homelessness Awareness Summit! It is important that the community is aware of the increasing homelessness among older adults.

Case managers report more homelessness among Dane County older adults At the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, a session focused on housing insecurity among older adults, a group increasingly facing homelessness.

Due to weather conditions, Urban Triage has postponed the Homelessness Awareness Rally. It will take place on Tuesday, March 2, 2026. More information will be sent closer to the date.