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CFR CEO: Most family homelessness in Cobb County is situational; short-term housing and court partnerships help families stabilize
Summary
Melanie Keegan, CEO of the Center for Family Resources, told Commissioner Eric Allen most family homelessness in Cobb County stems from situational crises, not chronic vices, and described CFR’s short-term housing, employment partnerships and a housing stability court that pull families out of active eviction cases.
Melanie Keegan, chief executive officer of the Center for Family Resources in Marietta, said most family homelessness in Cobb County results from situational crises — job loss, illness or family breakup — and described how her nonprofit helps families regain stability.
Keegan spoke on the podcast Inside the District with Cobb County Commissioner Eric Allen and said CFR combines short-term housing, individualized case management and employment partnerships to move families from crisis to stable housing. "I think usually the biggest misunderstanding is that it came from a slew of bad choices…what we have found is that that is actually usually not the case," Keegan said.
Why it matters: Keegan said the county has "close to 2,700" students who meet the McKinney-Vento definition of homelessness — a figure she described as among the highest in the Atlanta metro area — and argued that…
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