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Volunteer-run Good Neighbor Fund set up at Alaska Community Foundation to cover small diversion needs
Summary
Community volunteers announced a donor-advised "Good Neighbor Fund" at the Alaska Community Foundation to pay small, immediate needs—hotel nights, plane tickets, ID fees—that can help divert people from homelessness; committee members and providers discussed coordination and governance.
Kenny Peterson described a newly established Good Neighbor Fund at the Alaska Community Foundation during public comment to the Assembly on Sept. 17. Peterson said the fund will be used to cover small, immediate expenses—two nights in a hotel, a plane ticket home, an ID fee—that can remove short-term barriers and help divert people from homelessness.
Peterson said the fund is set up as a project fund at the Alaska Community Foundation and will be disbursed through outreach partners such as the HOPE…
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