Project Homeless Connect is part of a nationwide movement to:

• increase access to services for people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless
• engage the community in finding a solution for homelessness

Project Homeless Connect 2010
download: fact sheet
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Lane Events Center at the Fairgrounds
13th & Jefferson, Eugene
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
www.homelessconnect.org

Project Homeless Connect for Lane County is a local effort to:
improve

• access to services for people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless in Lane County
• offer our community one day and one location in which individuals and families who are without safe and stable homes can address basic needs and access critical services
• engage and increase the involvement of individual volunteers, the business and non-profit community to work together to provide access to services and long term solutions for people who are homeless
• provide a venue where the community can welcome its homeless citizens as neighbors
• leverage private, corporate and foundation money and in-kind support to augment city and county efforts to expand services for people who are homeless in Lane County

Project Homeless Connect for Lane County was conceived by local community leaders who attended the 2006 Oregon Leadership Summit on Ending Chronic Homelessness. These individuals, representing private service providers, the Lane County Human Services Commission, Cities of Eugene and Springfield, and the United Way of Lane County, believed that this event would make an important contribution to the following initiatives:

The Lane County Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, approved in November 2006 by the Lane County Board of Commissioners.

Helping the Homeless in Eugene, a Eugene City Council Goal. In 2007 Mayor Piercy appointed a “Blue Ribbon Committee” to seek financial support toward ending homelessness.

The City of Springfield’s standing commitment to provide for its most vulnerable citizens.

More Information on Lane County's Project Homeless Connect

• 2010 Project Homeless Connect Final Report
• 2008 Project Homeless Connect Slideshow

Lane County Project Homeless Connect 2009