Plano South | April 2023

HOW TO HELP Several nonprot organizations in Plano provide services to help the unhoused in the city. The Salvation Army Plano What it oers: food pantry, weather shelter, utility assistance, Boys and Girls Club, and other nancial assistance 9724238254 https://salvationarmyntx.org/ north-texas/waystogive Hope’s Door New Beginning Center What it oers: shelter and other ser- vices for victims of domestic violence 9724222911 https://hdnbc.org/donate Minnie’s Food Pantry What it oers: food pantry, educational services and more 9725960253 https://minniesfoodpantry.org Grady said he would “love” to have an emergency homeless shelter in Plano. He added that generosity is the community’s biggest weapon against homelessness. “When just one person does one thing it can change somebody’s life,” Grady said. “So if 100 people in a city of 285,000 did that to the 100 home- less that are here, there wouldn’t be any homeless.” Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation What it oers: shelter and other ser- vices for victims of domestic violence 4694676241 https://tmwf.org/ways-to-give Bella House What it oers: shelter and other ser- vices for pregnant women 4692492656 www.bellahouse.org/donate.html Assistance Center of Collin County What it oers: food pantry, clothes closet, rent/utility assistance 9724221125 https://assistancecenter.org/donate Plano Food Pantry What it oers: food pantry 9724244574 www.holynativity.org/food-pantry A full list of resources for those experiencing homelessness in Plano can be found on the city’s website. https://bit.ly/3nR436m

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“IF 100 PEOPLE IN A CITY OF 285,000 DID ONE THING TO HELP THE 100 HOMELESS THAT ARE HERE, THERE WOULDN’T BE ANY HOMELESS.” RICK GRADY, PLANO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER

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those who are get the opportunity to return. “We don’t like to send people away and not bring them back,” Eaden said. “I’m from Plano, like homegrown from Plano, and that’s just not how we do things. That’s not how I want us to do things.” The path forward The Salvation Army’s goal is to pro- vide shelter, housing, clinical recovery and other services to everyone who needs them in the communities they serve, according to Dunn. With no emergency shelter in the city, Dunn knows the organization has “not entirely” reached that goal in Plano. But he added there is a vision to continue enhancing services in Plano. Dunn said the organization recently received a multimillion-dollar award for scattered-site supportive housing, which will look to place homeless indi- viduals in private apartments through- out the city. There is no set timeline on the pro- gram, but Dunn said it is the next step in the Salvation Army’s “multiyear plan,” which included a food pan- try, rent assistance and the warming station. “We certainly have a vision to do all we can,” Dunn said. “We hope to get to a point where we can start to think about additional facilities, because some of our work does require beds.” Even with progress left to be made, Dunn thinks the area is heading in the right direction. “I’ve been in one way or another working in homeless recovery in Texas since ‘98, and we have a clearer path than we’ve ever had,” he said. “I think there’s a growing understanding of the issues, and I think we can get a lot bet- ter on these wicked problems.”

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