UAA Justice Clubis sponsoring the Outrun Hunger 5K Run/Walk on November 19 to help support the Anchorage homeless. The race entry fee is $35, which includes a T-shirt with the Outrun Hunger design. The club will donate a portion of the entry fees to local homeless shelters.
What: Outrun Hunger 5K Walk/Run Date: Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 Time: 12 noon start - arrive at 11:45 a.m. for attendance count, t-shirts, and raffle entries Where: Goose Lake Park
Dr. Payne and Dr. Donna Aguiniga, UAA School of Social Work, discussed their research project, "Space, Place & Home: Mapping the Social Environment of Anchorage Homeless Populations." Their research, in partnership with Covenant House, focused on homeless youth. Through interviews and the use of maps, the researchers asked youth to trace the locations they traveled to throughout the day and evening, and where they slept at night.
Dr. Sharon Chamard presented on "Homeless Encampments" and discussed her research that examines why homeless encampments exist where they do and the factors that make one location preferred over another. She often works with the Anchorage Police Department Community Action Policing (CAP) Team to address public safety concerns, including homelessness and the use of public space.
Dr. Travis Hedwig, UAA Department of Health Sciences, explained the project, "Increasing Retention, Graduation, and Educational Success Among UAA Students Experiencing Homelessness." Dr. Kathy Trawver, School of Social Work, and Isabel Hakala, a Health Sciences Dept. student, are also working on this project. They used publicly available information on Free Student Application for Federal Aid (FAFSA) forms from UAA students to gauge the number of UAA students experiencing homeless - the form specifically asks about experience of homelessness. The goal is to ascertain the needs of homeless UAA students and assist them in their college career.
UAA College of Health nursing students also presented about their service learning project from the Nursing Therapeutic II class - the Senior Nursing Capstone Project - and their partnership with Karluk Manor, a Housing First model residence in Anchorage. This cohort of nursing students began a community nursing project to provide home visits to residents of Karluk Manor. Their goal was to determine how this experience of a home visit project influenced student nurses' views about community nursing and its value. Asst. Prof. Rachel Muir, FNP-BC, was the faculty for this class.
The session was moderated by Dr. Travis Hedwig with the UAA Department of Health Sciences.
Dr. Hedwig opens the program and discusses the number of students
at UAA experiencing homelessness
Dr. Aguiniga describes the Anchorage youth homelessness project she and
Dr. Payne have been working on.
Dr. Payne explains the mapping and interview process used with
the Anchorage homeless youth who volunteered to participate in the study.
Dr. Chamard discusses homeless encampments and her future research
on social networks that are often part of the camps.
UAA student nurses present data on their community nursing project.
UAA presenters at the Housing and Homeless Conference - l to r: UAA Health Sciences Student Isabel Hakala,
Dr. Donna Aguiniga, UAA School of Social Work; Asst. Prof. Rachel Muir, UAA School of Nursing;
School of Nursing students: Mary Mills, Mai Lor, Glory Ramirez, Katie Krueger, Jessi Pepper, Angelene Ketah, Amanda Bedrosian, and Kailyn Vaughn; Asst. Prof. Travis Hedwig, UAA Dept.of Health Sciences;
UAA Justice Center faculty Dr. Sharon Chamard and Dr. Troy Payne.
The summation reports from the Governor's Housing Summitheld January 6, 2016 at UAA have been released.
Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Center faculty, facilitated the Reducing Recidivism through Housing breakout session which included assistance from Bryan Butcher, CEO/Executive Director, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), and Jeff Jesse, Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (AMHTA), and a designated note-keeper, Morgen Jaco, Reentry Coordinator, Probation Officer II, Department of Corrections.
Below is the summary for the Reducing Recidivism through Housing session:
The goal of the summit noted on the Governor's website was "to bring
together Alaskans from across the state to identify the barriers and
seek budget-neutral solutions to the numerous housing challenges facing
Alaskans."
A total of 8 breakout sessions were held at the summit: Alaskans Experiencing Homelessness, Housing Affordability in Rural Alaska, Incentivizing Private Sector Housing Investments, Innovative Funding and Financing Options for Housing, Reducing Recidivism through Housing, Senior Housing, State Building Codes and Energy Efficiency Standards, and Veteran Homelessness. The mandate for the sessions was to generate recommendations that would be budget-neutral.
Dr. Sharon Chamard, Justice faculty, and Barbara Armstrong, editor, Alaska Justice Forum, joined scores of other volunteers to assist with the annual HUD point-in-time count of homeless persons and Project Homeless Connect on January 27, 2016 in Anchorage.
Dr. Chamard assisted with the annual point-in-time count of persons at homeless encampments. Barbara Armstrong worked with volunteers doing data entry for the individuals served at Project Homeless Connect at the Egan Convention Center.
The PIT (point-in-time) annual counts for HUD provide counts of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night. This data is used in policymaking and determining assistance for homeless persons on the local, state, and federal levels.
Project Homeless Connect brings together service providers and government agencies under one roof to provide homeless persons with the services they need. Services provided included haircuts, health exams, legal services, housing and employment information, and referrals to mental health and substance abuse counseling. The Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness (ACEH) is the organizer of the event. A total of 797 clients were served at the Anchorage Project Homeless Connect event this year.
Data entry volunteers for
Project Homeless Connect.
Project Homeless Connect events were also held in Juneau, Fairbanks, and Kenai. Final statewide data on numbers served and the point-in-time count of
homeless persons are being compiled and will be released at a later
date.
Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Center faculty, was invited to facilitate a breakout session for the Governor's Housing Summit held on January 6 on the UAA campus. Governor Bill Walker opened the summit and Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz was also in attendance. The goal of the summit noted on the Governor's website was "to bring together Alaskans from across the state to identify the barriers and seek budget-neutral solutions to the numerous housing challenges facing Alaskans."
A total of 8 breakout sessions were held at the summit: Alaskans Experiencing Homelessness, Housing Affordability in Rural Alaska, Incentivizing Private Sector Housing Investments, Innovative Funding and Financing Options for Housing, Reducing Recidivism through Housing, Senior Housing, State Building Codes and Energy Efficiency Standards, and Veteran Homelessness. The mandate for the sessions was to generate recommendations that would be budget-neutral.
L to r in front of stage: Bryan Butcher, AHFC; Jeff Jesse,
AMHTA; and Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Center listen
to comments by session participants.
Dr. Rivera facilitated the Reducing Recidivism through Housing breakout session which included assistance from Bryan Butcher, CEO/Executive Director, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), and Jeff Jesse, Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (AMHTA), and a designated note-keeper, Morgen Jaco, Reentry Coordinator, Probation Officer II, Department of Corrections.
All 8 breakout sessions reported back in the afternoon and their recommendations will be compiled and released in proceedings from the summit.
The one-day summit was hosted by Governor Bill Walker and Lt. Governor Byron Mallott, in partnership with the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, Cook Inlet Housing, The Rasmuson Foundation, the Alaska Mental Health Trust, and The Alaska Coalition to End Homelessness.
Attendees listen to remarks by Bryan Butcher, CEO, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, before moving into breakout sessions.
In this still clip from KTVA, Dr. Chamard (far left) and Dr. Rivera (2nd from left facing camera) listen to the discussion at the event.
Dr. Sharon Chamard and Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Center faculty, participated in the Northern Voices on Homelessness forum at the Loussac Library on March 7. They were among the experts in homelessness research, policy, advocacy, and services, and those who were currently homeless or had been homeless in the past, who gathered with the public to discuss possible solutions.
The event was sponsored by the UAA Department of Anthropology and the UAA Department of Health Sciences, and was shared live through the Alaska state libraries OWL system.
Dr. Sharon Chamard, Justice faculty, recently published a chapter, "Factors Associated with Homeless Encampment Locations in Anchorage, Alaska," in the book, The Criminal Act: The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory, published by Palgrave MacMillan. The editors are Martin A. Anderson and Graham Farrell.
This book is a festschrift in honor of Dr. Marcus Felson, who originated the routine activity approach to crime rate analysis. Dr. Felson was Dr. Chamard's dissertation advisor at the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers-Newark.
Dr. Chamard's chapter looks at homeless encampments in the Turnagain, Fairview, Mountain View, and Tudor areas of Anchorage. Encampment clusters were established using call for service data from the Anchorage Police Department. The chapter then examines the different factors associated with each encampment cluster.
Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice faculty, was recently awarded a competitive research grant from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to evaluate Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Intensive Case Management (ICM) programs that are part of an anti-recidivism pilot project for the chronically homeless population in the Anchorage area, many of whom have co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. The pilot project is unique in the provision of intensive community-based treatment services in addition to permanent and supportive housing.
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a client-centered, recovery-oriented behavioral health service delivery model that has received substantial empirical support for reducing psychiatric hospitalizations, facilitating community living, and enhancing recovery for persons with serious mental illness. ACT is designed specifically for persons who have the most severe and persistent mental illnesses, and who historically have not benefited from traditional outpatient programs. ACT in Anchorage will prioritize treatment toward individuals with a history of chronic homelessness and interactions with the criminal justice system, and/or high use of psychiatric emergency services.
Intensive Case Management (ICM) is a service delivery model in which case managers, working in teams, provide intensive community-based treatment, coordinate with other service providers, and develop strong therapeutic relationships with individuals. This approach helps individuals get access to needed treatment and supports necessary to achieve stability and an improved quality of life. ICM in Anchorage will serve individuals who have been identified as top users of the Anchorage Safety Center (ASC) for public intoxication.
Both service models are based on stable housing as the platform for recovery using the Housing First approach, which minimizes barriers to housing entry by not excluding an individual from services or housing based on sobriety; this ensures that individuals who are in the most need of services are prioritized.
Using these two approaches, the goal is to see housing stability, decreased use of acute care settings, reduced interactions with the criminal justice system, and an improved quality of life for the individuals served through these programs.
Dr. Rivera's evaluation will provide an important quantitative and qualitative assessment of how these evidence-based best practices - ACT and ICM - will work here in Alaska.
UAA student volunteers from Dr. Sharon Chamard's JUST 490 class - front row left to right:
Dr. Chamard, Lakedria Hall, Adler Yambao. Back row l to r: Daniel Reinhard, Russell Baluyut,
Ryan Jakubek, Jordan Oberlander. Not pictured Coy Hill.
Members of the UAA community volunteered at the 13th Annual Anchorage Project Homeless Connect (PHC)held at the Egan Center on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. The Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness presents this day-long program with the help of community sponsors and volunteers. The goal is to move our community closer to ending homelessness.
Among UAA community volunteers for the 2015 PHC were Dr. Sharon Chamard, Justice Center faculty and students from her JUST 490 Homelessness & Crime class - Russell Baluyut, Lakedria Hall, Coy Hill, Ryan Jakubek, Jordan Oberlander, Daniel Reinhard, and Adler Yambao;Barbara Armstrong, editor, Alaska Justice Forum, Justice Center; and Heather MacAlpine, Justice alum and Municipality of Anchorage Associate Ombudsman.
This event brings together service providers and government agencies under one roof to assist homeless persons in identifying their top 3 issues of concern, and then links individuals with the appropriate provider. Services provided included haircuts, health exams, legal services, housing and employment information, and referrals to mental health and substance abuse counseling.
Hospitality is an important part of the day and a lunch is served to attendees. As they leave the event, participants are offered canned food items, fresh produce, and clothing to take with them. Similar programs are presented in cities across the United States.
At the Municipality of Anchorage Emergency Operation Center, volunteers
entered information about PHC clients including demographics, duration of
homelessness, and other details to assist service providers and public agencies.
(Photo by Judith Atkins, Municipality of Anchorage)
The initial interview with each attendee also presents an opportunity for collecting information about who is homeless and why. These data are aggregated and provide a tool to assist service providers and government agencies in policy making and structuring services.
Preliminary estimates show several hundred individuals and families were served on January 28, and over 200 volunteers assisted. The data for the final report for this event will be tabulated over the next several weeks.
Dr. Troy Payne, Justice faculty, and Dr. Donna Aguiniga, School of Social Work faculty, have been awarded one of two College of Health (COH) grants for interdisciplinary research. Their research is titled “Space, place, and home: Mapping the social environment of Anchorage homeless populations.”
This is a pilot study to develop data collection and analysis methodology that
includes place and geography in semi-structured interviews with homeless
youth (18-24 years old) in Anchorage. This approach will also allow researchers to study where, when, and with whom various events and perceptions occur.The project is in partnership with Covenant House Alaska.
Drs. Payne and Aguiniga will be adapting methodology used by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania to study the routines of violence-involved youth. Dr. Payne saw Dr. Doug Wiebe of U Penn make a presentation on this methodology at the 2014 Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (ECCA) Symposium in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, and realized the possibility of utilizing this approach to study homeless youth in Anchorage.
Two projects were selected by COH for funding. Both project teams will present their study design, implementation, and
progress report at a COH-wide event in May 2015, complete their
study by December 2015, and submit their study findings for publication
and/or submit a proposal for external funding by May 2016.
The Spring/Summer 2014 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum
includes articles on marijuana laws and policies, homelessness statistics for Alaska and the U.S., the newly-created Alaska Criminal Justice Commission, and the Alaska Court System's Early Resolution Program (ERP) for family law cases.
The 20-page
issue includes the following articles:
Marijuana regulation continues to be a pressing criminal justice
and social policy issue both in Alaska and across the nation. A ballot
measure that would legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana in Alaska will
be before the state’s voters at the November 2014 general election. This
article summarizes Alaska’s current marijuana laws, identifies recent
changes to other state laws and federal policies related to marijuana
use and possession, and discusses the impact of those changes on
Alaska’s marijuana laws.
Across the nation in both rural and urban areas, public and private
agencies work to provide services for homeless people. One of the
biggest challenges is collecting data about homeless individuals: how
many people are homeless, who they are, what services they need most,
and how long they have been homeless. This article looks at reports from
2012, 2013, and 2014 on estimates of homelessness in the U.S. and
Alaska, the subpopulations of homeless individuals, and the various definitions of homelessness. References for sources cited are provided. Web supplements provide more detailed tables and an expanded bibliography of resources on homelesseness.
With its enactment of Senate Bill 64 during the 2013–2014
legislative session, the Alaska Legislature created the Alaska Criminal
Justice Commission. This article describes the work of the commission,
which is charged with evaluating and making recommendations “for
improving criminal sentencing practices and criminal justice practices,
including rehabilitation and restitution” over a three-year period. An
accompanying sidebar describes other provisions of SB 64, the omnibus
crime bill.
The Early Resolution Program (ERP), the first program of its kind
in the nation, was developed by the Alaska Court System's Family Law
Self-Help Center to provide self-represented litigants in family law
cases with free legal assitance and mediation to help resolve issues
and reach settlements without protracted court trials. This article
discusses the ERP's goals and development, describes how cases are
screened and processed, and presents ERP statistics though August 2014.
An accompanying sidebar provides a program timeline, and a web supplement outlines how attorneys and judges approach various issues in a case at an Early Resolution Program (ERP) hearing.
The co-authors are Dr. Kevin Fitzpatrick, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; and Elizabeth Miller, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene.
The study examines how place and social capital interact to influence depressive symptomology among the homeless. The research occurred in two very distinct locales in two different states, Birmingham, Alabama (urban) and Northwest Arkansas (suburban/rural). Social capital refers to the social networks and relationships an individual is involved in.
Dr. Sharon Chamard, Justice Faculty, recently joined the newly-formed Data Group of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness (ACH). The group, which also includes Dr. Kathi Trawver, UAA School of Social Work, is tasked with scanning available and currently-collected data to determine what is there, the quality of the data, and what is missing.
Additional action items include identifying gaps in data collection and sources, and looking at other states and Continuums of Care around the country to determine what they are doing that could be useful for Anchorage.
Dr. Chamard has also been a member for the past two years of the ACH Continuum of Care subcommittee, which works with homeless service providers in Anchorage to develop applications for federal funding, ranks those applications, and makes recommendations to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Conference panelists (l to r) Anecia O’Carroll, Rebecca Robinson, Diane Bline, Mike Sobocinski,
Susan Bomalaski, Sharon Chamard, James Fitterling, and Carrie Longoria.
“Social Issues in Anchorage: Informing Design” was the panel theme, and Dr. Chamard and Dr. Susan Bomalaski, Executive Director of Catholic Social Services held a "conversation” on homelessness and affordable housing, and the relationship to design and use of public spaces.
The purpose of the annual conference is to bring together faculty, students,
and community members in a community-wide participatory process focusing
on social issues that impact the design of public space, such as race
and ethnicity, youth violence and opportunities for youth, and alcohol
and substance abuse and recovery. The event is sponsored by the UAA Center for Community Engagement and Learning (CCEL).
At podium, Dr. Judith Manley-Owens, CCEL Director, listens with the audience to panelists.
Sharon Chamard, Justice Center faculty, is participating on the “Social Issues in Anchorage: What we Care About to Inform the Design of Public Spaces” panel at the 2nd Annual Urban in Alaska Conference: A Creative Placemaking Initiative, on March 28 in the UAA Student Union Cafeteria. Dr. Chamard will be part of a "conversation” on homelessness and affordable housing with Dr. Susan Bomalaski, the Executive Director of Catholic Social Services. The purpose of the conference is to bring together faculty, students, and community members in a community-wide participatory process focusing on social issues that impact the design of public space, such as race and ethnicity, youth violence and opportunities for youth, and alcohol and substance abuse and recovery.
UAA community volunteers for the 2014 PHC included Heather MacAlpine, Justice alum and Municipality of Anchorage Associate Ombudsman; Jack Runser, UAA Human Services major;and Barbara Armstrong, editor, Alaska Justice Forum, Justice Center.
This event brings together service providers and government agencies
under one roof to assist homeless persons in identifying their top 3
issues of concern, and then links individuals with the appropriate
provider. Hospitality is an important part of the day and a lunch is
offered to attendees, as well as canned food items to take with them.
Similar programs are presented in cities across the United States.
The initial interview with each attendee also presents an opportunity
for collecting information about who is homeless and why. This data is
aggregated and provides a tool to assist service providers and
government agencies in policy making and structuring services.
Preliminary estimates show that 600 individuals were served on January 29. The final report for this event
will be available shortly.
This event is a one-day, one-stop event to provide housing, services, and hospitality in a convenient one-stop model directly to people experiencing homelessness in Anchorage.
It is a way to bring service providers, government agencies, and the general community together to address a problem that affects everyone. The goal is to move from simply managing homelessness towards really ending it.
L to r: Dr. Sharon Chamard, Dr. Troy Payne, and Barbara Armstrong
at the UAF Wood Center, site of the workshop.
Dr. Sharon Chamard and Dr. Troy Payne, Justice faculty, and Barbara Armstrong, Alaska Justice Forum editor, attended the National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop, "Science: Becoming the Messenger," held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) on July 17.
The “Science: Becoming the Messenger” workshop, which is offered by NSF all over the nation, equips attendees with the skills and techniques communications professionals use to influence people’s thinking and attitudes, and demonstrates how these skills can be used to win support for research. The workshop was led by three experienced science communicators, and covered strategies from crafting a message to delivering it - using both traditional and new media.
Dr. Chamard on screen in the video shown at the workshop.
Part of this interactive program included filming a video of a "pitch" for funding for a project using some of the techniques that had been demonstrated earlier. Participants videoed each other using cell phones or other mobile devices.
Dr. Chamard's video was chosen by the workshop leader, Joe Schreiber, to use as an example of how to edit and use still photos with a video. Mr. Schreiber took the raw video, edited it, inserted appropriate stills related to the topic, then showed it to the group.
In the video, Dr. Chamard explains that her project would look at spatial predictors for where homeless encampments are located, and the environmental impact of those encampments, including the risk of accidental/intentional fires, habitat destruction, and health and sanitation issues. Using spatial predictors, public agencies and social service providers could more easily find homeless encampments. This would allow them to offer alternative housing arrangements to campers, and close the camps before they become so large and entrenched that they are environmental hazards.
Among other UAA community members who attended the program were Dr. Diane Hirshberg, Director, Center for Alaska Education Policy Research; Prof. Mara Kimmel, Dept. of Political Science & ISER; Dr. Bridget Hanson, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services; and Dr. Jonathan Alevy, Economics Department.
Dr. Hirshberg was one of the attendees selected to present her proposed project to the entire workshop audience. The audience voted on whether projects should hypothetically be funded or not, and Dr. Hirshberg successfully convinced the group that her project - which focused on education in Alaska - should be awarded foundation support. Her next assignment was a mock interview with a real-life journalist during which she had to defend her project and the hypothetical funding award. Dr. Hirshberg persuasively answered all the challenges and questions put to her during the interview.
On stage: Dr. Hirshberg (r) is interviewed by Chris Mooney,
a Washington, D.C. journalist.
UAA community volunteers, l to r: Barbara Armstrong and Dr. Sharon Chamard, Justice Center. Not pictured: Justice alum Heather MacAlpine, and Susan Hviid, Consortium Library Dean's Office.
Members of the UAA community volunteered at the 11th annual Anchorage Project Homeless Connect (PHC) held at the Egan Center on Wednesday, January 29, 2013. The Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness
presents this day-long program each year with
the help of community sponsors and volunteers. The goal is to move our
community closer to ending homelessness.
UAA community volunteers included Dr. Sharon Chamard, faculty, Justice Center; Barbara Armstrong,editor, Alaska Justice Forum, Justice Center; Justice alum Heather MacAlpine, Muni of Anchorage Associate Ombudsman; and Susan Hviid, Administrative Assistant, UAA/APU Consortium Library Dean's Office.
This event brings together service providers and government agencies
under one roof to assist homeless persons in identifying their top 3
issues of concern, and then links individuals with the appropriate
provider. Hospitality is an important part of the day and a lunch is
offered to attendees, as well as canned food items to take with them.
Similar programs are presented in cities across the United States.
The initial interview with each attendee also presents an opportunity
for collecting information about who is homeless and why. This data is
aggregated and provides a tool to assist service providers and
government agencies in policy making and structuring services. During the January 29 event, 730 people checked in and were invited to meet with various service providers. About 200 individuals volunteered at the event. Click here for a copy of the report on the 2013 PHC.
The article "A Look at Homelessness in Alaska" in Alaska Justice Forum 26(2) Summer 2009 looked at data for the homeless in Alaska for the years 2007–2009.
Some of the UAA community volunteers - l to r: Barbara Armstrong,
Editor, Alaska Justice Forum, Justice Center; Kristi Powell,
Student Worker Supervisor/Reserves Manager, UAA/APU
Consortium Library; Heather MacAlpine, Justice major and
Justice Center Research Aide.
Members of the UAA community volunteered at the 10th Anchorage Project Homeless Connect (PHC) held at the Egan Center on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. The Anchorage Coalition on Homelessness
presents this day-long program twice each year (January and July) with
the help of community sponsors and volunteers. The goal is to move our
community closer to ending homelessness.
This event brings together service providers and government agencies
under one roof to assist homeless persons in identifying their top 3
issues of concern, and then links individuals with the appropriate
provider. Hospitality is an important part of the day and a lunch is
offered to attendees, as well as canned food items to take with them.
Similar programs are presented in cities across the United States.
The initial interview with each attendee also presents an opportunity
for collecting information about who is homeless and why. This data is
aggregated and provides a tool to assist service providers and
government agencies in policy making and structuring services. In 2010
Anchorage Project Homeless Connect assisted 769 clients in January and
578 in July. At the January 2011
PHC, 847 clients received help, and 601 clients were assisted in July 2011. It is estimated that over 750 clients were provided some typed of needed service at the January 2012 PHC. The final report for this event will be available shortly.
The article "A Look at Homelessness in Alaska" in Alaska Justice Forum 26(2) Summer 2009 looked at data for the homeless in Alaska for the years 2007–2009.
UAA Justice Club is sponsoring the Outrun Hunger 5K Run/Walk on November 19 to help support the Anchorage homeless. The race entry fee is $35, which includes a T-shirt with the Outrun Hunger design. The club will donate a portion of the entry fees to local homeless shelters.
