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KABF’s “It Could Be You”: Interview with Our House Development VISTA Kelly Owen

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Our Development VISTA, Kelly Owen, was interviewed by KABF on April 26 for their program “It Could Be You”. Kelly discusses the overall mission of Our House and how those interested in benefiting from our services can gain access to resources that they need. She also talks about our upcoming Spring fundraiser, Dinner on the […]

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CEI Blog: A Success Story in Ending Child Homelessness

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Click here to view Representative French Hill’s article. By Representative French Hill April 5, 2017 Dear Friends, Part of what inspired me to create the Community Empowerment Initiative was the observation that longstanding federal policy toward ending poverty yielded—at best—the most marginal of improvements. Here in Washington, far too often we focus our attention and resources

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Speak Up Week at Our House Highlighted by International Nonprofit

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This article was originally posted on the UK-based nonprofit Keystone Accountability’s blog on January 16, 2017. Click here to read Keystone Accountability’s Article By Lynn Morris Our House in Little Rock, Arkansas provides housing, children’s programs, career and homelessness-prevention services. And a master class in how to get your staff and your clients enthused about

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Georgia Mjartan named as one of Southern Living’s Southerners of the Year

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Click here to read Southern Living’s article Little Rock, AR When Georgia Mjartan was asked to take over Our House, Little Rock’s primary homeless shelter, in 2005, she walked into a flood-damaged building that was even more under water financially. Now, Mjartan had breathed new life into the organization, which serves 1,000 people a year

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A Better Life for the Whole Family: The Two-Generation Approach

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Click here to view the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness’ article Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness UNCENSORED Vol. 7.2 Summer 2016 By Mari Rich My personal obsession right now is how disconnected we are from what we really need to be talking about with poverty. We talk about work or training for parents,

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