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Douglas County pushes countywide fundraising, expands business outreach to help unhoused residents
Summary
At the May 8 Douglas County Homeless Initiative meeting, officials and partners agreed to pursue a countywide fundraising campaign, expand business outreach tools (QR codes, point-of-sale roundups, posters) and continue trespass-letter outreach to connect people sleeping in vehicles to services.
Douglas County officials and community partners said May 8 they will pursue a coordinated, countywide fundraising and business-outreach effort aimed at driving donations to the Douglas Has Heart fund and giving businesses tools to respond to people sleeping in vehicles and panhandling.
The Douglas County Homeless Initiative meeting focused on three linked goals: reduce the number of people sleeping in parking lots, increase giving to Douglas Has Heart and raise public awareness about nonpunitive responses that connect people to services. Participants agreed staff and partner organizations should explore point-of-sale “round up” options, place QR-code posters in businesses and promote donor-facing impact reporting on the Community Foundation website.
Why it matters: county staff and nonprofit partners said businesses are often front-line witnesses to unsheltered activity but lack uniform guidance on what to do. A combined approach —…
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