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‘A Place to Call Home’ reports first-year results: 578 households served, 132 people exited from homelessness
Summary
Hannah Jared presented a year-one update for A Place to Call Home, saying the initiative served 578 households and played an active role in exiting 132 people from homelessness while expanding shelter, transitional housing and partnerships. The presentation outlined service capacity, funding gains and next steps for volunteer and landlord engagement.
Hannah Jared, presenter for A Place to Call Home, told the Spartanburg City Council on April 13 that the first year of the initiative had produced measurable results and expanded community capacity to serve people experiencing homelessness.
Jared said the coalition estimates about 3,000 people experience homelessness in Spartanburg County on any given night and that roughly half of those are children. She reported the community currently has about 170 shelter beds, about 175 transitional housing beds, and nearly 4,000 housing vouchers with a 3-to-5-year waiting list. “Since late March 2025, we have served 578 households — a little over 1,000 people — and we have…
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