Reno, NV

• Our Town Reno is a collective, multimedia street reporting project by concerned citizens and UNR students on issues facing Reno's homeless and our city's most vulnerable.  Check out their facebook page too.
• Reno's Homeless Youth Count - 2016 Results
• End Youth Homelessness Reno Facebook Page
• Social Justice Writing Meetup Group

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Events

• Week of 12 Sept 2016
  • A Week of Actionn Against Gentrification

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• Saturday, 18 June 2016, 4:00 PM
  • ​Oliver Leitner will be giving a violin recital fundraiser benefiting The Eddy House. See flyer for details. 

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Volunteer Opportunities in Reno, NV

• Reno Initiative for Shelter and Equality (RISE) - On three Saturdays a month, this group operates a free market and serves home cooked meals to people in need.  
  • Donated clothing and personal hygiene products are distributed at the free market
  • Meals are prepared by volunteers in their home kitchens, then transported to the event site where it is served.

Education

• Students at Reno's ACE High School construct tiny homes.
• Students at Berkeley's Realm Charter School construct tiny home for donation to transitional housing community in Eugene, Oregon.​

Social Activism

• Reno Area Alliance for the Homeless 
• ​Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada

News Stories

• Tiny houses could make big differences in Reno
  
• Proposed Sparks ordinance targets homeless camps by Truckee River
• Reno homeless count finds 59 youth living on the streets
• ​Can Reno revive downtown this year?  - One of the problems facing Reno's downtown revitalzation efforts is what to do with the numerous rundown weekly motels than some consider blight that ought to be razed.  Nearly 3,200 seniors, veterans, families and children live in these weekly motels.  Eliminating them without an alternative would put thousands of people on the street.
• Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: Being Homeless In Reno  - This story considers some of the challenges faced by Reno's homeless population, including the recent closure of a homeless camp under the Wells Street Bridge by 5th Street.
• Young and Living on the Reno Streets
• Reno’s youth homelessness problem can be solved, and ultimately can be cost-effective
• 7 more homeless Reno residents start a new life

City of Reno

• Housing for All: A Ten Year Plan to End Homlessness in Reno/Sparks/Washoe County - This plan was originally written in 2006, and updated in 2011.
• City of Reno Homeless Relief Programs

Relief Organizations

• The Eddy House
  • Operates a walk-in center for homeless, runaway, foster and other at-risk youth in downtown Reno
  • Provides life and career coaching for aging-out foster youth
  • Operates Yosemite Place,  a residential home for young men who have aged-out of foster care
• ​The Children's Cabinet - working  to address the needs of children and their families in our community by providing:
  • ​food and shelter
  • crisis intervention and case management
  • academic support
  • tutoring
  • job training and transitional living
  • parenting classes
  • child care subsidies
  • child care resource and referral assistance
  • and free family counseling
• Nevada Youth Empowerment Project - a unique, community-based youth service provider that develops, implements and evaluates programming targeting homeless, aged-out, unprepared, parent less youth (ages 18-21), designed to produce the outcomes desired for older youth and emerging adults;
  • high school graduation
  • employment
  • college education
  • independent housing
  • good citizenry
  • avoidance of welfare
• Awaken Reno - A local organization working to end sex trafficking in our community. Their mission is to increase awareness and education surrounding the issue of commercial sexual exploitation and to provide housing and restoration for its victims.
• Sierra Association of Foster Families - Provides educational support to foster youth