Our mission

Our community’s annual Point in Time Count of those experiencing homelessness took place in January and revealed a small increase in overall numbers. The count showed that 1,748 people were unsheltered or staying in shelters and transitional housing, up by 39 from a year earlier.

We need your help with Project Homeless Connect!

This powerful event, a one-day, one-stop resource fair, connects 500 of our unsheltered neighbors with essential services — from housing and healthcare to meals, from housing and healthcare to meals, supplies and warm winter gear.

Meg is leaving ACEH.

Meg Zaletel, executive director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness and a two-term Anchorage Assembly member, has been named to the Anchorage Chamber’s ATHENA Society. She joins 13 other Anchorage community and business leaders inducted into the 2025 class.

The annual Point-in-Time Count of those experiencing homelessness in Anchorage took place Jan. 28-30, asking our unhoused neighbors where they spent the night on Jan. 27.

Are you interested in helping to shape and guide Anchorage’s approach to homelessness? Consider joining the Anchorage Homeless Prevention and Response System Advisory Council.

The Jan. 18 workshop held at Catholic Social Services’ 3rd Avenue Resource and Navigation Center used deep listening, rapport building and brainstorming to build a framework for action and improvements to Anchorage’s homelessness response. 

When we provide a new coat or a sturdy pair of boots, we’re not just ensuring someone stays warm. We are making a connection to resources and long-term solutions.