Built For Zero - Northeast Florida

04/13/2020

"The Internal Revenue Service announced a new feature that allows people who don’t normally file taxes to provide their information so they can receive their stimulus check."

The IRS announced that the stimulus checks will be sent in the coming weeks. Most people will not need to take any action to receive their checks, but there are special considerations for certain groups.

03/19/2020

"As the crisis spreads worldwide, we’re reminded that we’re all better off when we keep ourselves — and the most vulnerable among us — safe, healthy, and protected."

Homeless families and individuals throughout the United States are extremely vulnerable to the novel coronavirus due to factors like preexisting health conditions, age, and immunosuppression.

Service providers across the nation are also facing a shortage of resources, like adequate shelter capacity and protective gear for medical personnel.

So, what can you do?

Contact your representatives and ask them to include funding and other resources for our most vulnerable neighbors and service providers. Read this article from Community Solutions to find out more about how you help our nation's homeless population from President Rosanne Haggerty:

Community Solutions President Rosanne Haggerty explains what you can do to help people experiencing homelessness and homeless service providers during this time of crisis.

03/17/2020

As our nation confronts the coronavirus pandemic, it is vital that we ensure those members of our community that are experiencing homelessness have access to critical resources that could save their lives.

Use the link below to contact your senators and members of congress IMMEDIATELY and tell them to include funding in the new emergency supplemental spending bill to help the nation's homeless population.

Tell your Member of Congress that it’s essential to provide funds to homelessness and housing programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

03/09/2020

What does it look like to end homelessness?

From relying on anecdotal data to ensuring homelessness is treated as a temporary housing crisis instead of an identity, five community leaders discuss the ways in which they are making homelessness rare and brief.

Five Built for Zero community leaders explain how they're making homelessness rare and brief.

03/06/2020

In just 28 days, we've housed 30 veterans experiencing homelessness! Creating better systems is critical to reaching for veteran homelessness.

If you're interested in staying engaged in our movement and keeping up with our community's successes of housing veterans each month, subscribe to our newsletter: http://bfznefl.org/get-involved/

02/13/2020

Veteran homelessness is not just solvable — it's being solved.

Over the last year, organizations throughout our Jacksonville community have worked tirelessly to reach functional zero for veteran homelessness in Northeast Florida as part of the national movement.

If you're interested in finding out more information about our mission to effectively end homelessness for veterans, visit our website:

Home Jacksonville-Duval, Clay, Nassau counties, FL Built for Zero Are you a landlord or property manager interested in housing a veteran and helping our community effectively end veteran homelessness? Register your unit today! Register Reaching Zero for Veterans Coordinated by New York-based nonprof...

02/11/2020

We're working hard to bring an end to veteran homelessness in Jacksonville — but we need your help.

The number of affordable and available units in our community plays heavily into the amount of veterans we are able to house every month. We depend on landlords, small and large, to help us in our efforts to reach functional zero for veteran homelessness in Northeast Florida.

Veteran homelessness is a community issue and it takes a community's response to solve it.

If you or someone you know owns an apartment or a house available to rent in Duval, Clay, or Nassau county, and are interested in housing a veteran, please visit our site to register your unit:

Landlord Registration The number of affordable and available units in our community plays heavily into the amount of veterans our team is able to house every month. We depend on landlords, small and large, to help us in our efforts to reach functional zero for veteran homelessness.Our veterans are e...

01/23/2020

Thank you to all of our community partners and volunteers for braving the cold conditions yesterday to take part in the 2020 Point-In-Time count!

The Point-In-Time (PIT) count is an annual count of both sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. You can read more about the PIT here: https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/hdx/pit-hic/

01/22/2020

Volunteers are spanning out this morning across Duval, Clay, and Nassau counties to take part in this year's annual Point-in-Time Count. The data collected from this year's Count is especially important as we approach our goal of hitting functional zero this year.

01/15/2020

Check out this article from the The Florida Times-Union about our community's upcoming largest homelessness volunteer opportunity of the year:

"Every January, Changing Homelessness, the lead homelessness-prevention agency for Clay, Duval and Nassau counties, takes part in a nationwide census and survey of the homeless population. The information collected “is used to help assess how we are doing as a community, and as a nation, to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness,” according to the nonprofit."

Every January, Changing Homelessness, the lead homelessness-prevention agency for Clay, Duval and Nassau counties, takes part in a nationwide census and

01/10/2020

Our community's biggest homelessness volunteer opportunity, the annual Point-in-Time Count, is less than two weeks away!

Real-time, up-to-date data helps our team identify who is experiencing homelessness and which services they need. If you are interested in volunteering to help gather more data on homelessness in Northeast Florida, please be sure to sign up!

The PIT is a national, annual census and survey of the homeless population.