08/29/2025
After achieving “functional zero” youth homelessness across five counties, the Northwest Michigan Coalition To End Homelessness is taking the next big step: ending chronic homelessness in the Greater Grand Traverse Area by 2028.
This Stories of Change update shows how collaboration, lived experience, and bold community action are transforming systems—and what’s possible when a region works together.
Read the full story update to see how lessons from youth homelessness are shaping lasting solutions:
Some problems persist in our region despite the efforts of strong nonprofit organizations, faith communities, philanthropy, government, and business. They are problems like homelessness, food insecurity, childcare shortages, declining mental health, climate change, and biodiversity loss. They are co...