Chair

Purpose

The Subcommittee on the Homeless seeks to help LSNA and its membership better understand and advocate for compassionate and responsible responses to homelessness in the Logan Square neighborhood.

To help make efficient use of board and committee meeting time, please email lsnahs@gmail.com with any homeless-related concerns before the next committee or board meeting.

Statements of LSNA Policy

Letter to Mayor Nutter, March 2008
Logan Square Neighborhood-Parkway Plan

Next Meeting

Wednesday, April 6, 2010 at 7 p.m at Atria (formerly Sterling Glen) at 20th & Race Streets, check in at the front desk. (The Committee meets monthly on the first Wednesday of every month.)

Please RSVP to lsnahs@gmail.com to be informed of any changes in meeting time/location.

Resources/External Links

City of Philadelphia

City's Office of Supportive Housing
City's New Homeless Initiative - Announced May 2008
Philadelphia's Sidewalk Behavior Ordinance

Center City District (CCD)

MakeRealChange.Org
CCD Homeless Program
Panhandling Report - Winter 2008 Digest
Homeless-Related Proposals - Winter 2006 Digest

Homeless-Related Organizations & Volunteer Opportunities

Back on My Feet
Bethesda Project
Broad Street Ministry
Emmanuel Ministries (First Baptist at Sansom & South)
Grace Café at Broad & Arch Streets
Project Home
Ready, Willing & Able
SafeHome
Welcome Center (Lutheran Church at 21st & Chestnut)

Homeless-Related Goals of Logan Square Neighborhood-Parkway Plan

LSNA partnered with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and hired professional planners to prepare the Logan Square Neighborhood-Parkway Plan, a shared vision for the Logan Square community based on the input of residents, businesses, institutions, and other key stakeholders. Click here for the full text of the Plan.

Please contact the Subcommittee at lsnahs@gmail.com with any thoughts about the homeless-related components of the Plan - or to help implement them.

Join Us!

We are a small group of volunteers, so please consider contributing some time — as little or as much as you can spare — to help LSNA with homeless-related concerns.