News and Updates

Let's bring our community together to create a competitive application for the FY26 HUD Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). This year’s NOFO looks very different than past ones. Priorities are treatment, self-sufficiency and public safety. Nationwide, one-third of the grant funds will go to new project types that have not been previously funded: transitional housing and supportive services only projects such as street outreach, clinics or childcare. Join us for a communitywide meeting of those interested in these grants for local projects that can change lives. First-time applicants encouraged! Check our bio for a one-stop link. Meeting date: Friday, June 5, 1 p.m. Virtual: https://bit.ly/26NOFOmeeting In person: Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness office, 3427 E. Tudor Road, Suite A, Anchorage, AK 99507 Learn more, download the NOFO, and get a link for a HUD webinar on Thursday: aceh.org/nofo #communitycollaboration #YesGOforNOFO

🍏Every day of the week, Anchorage churches, food pantries, helper teams and social service sites are helping our neighbors with food pantries and hot meals. ✅Scan the QR code on the image or cut and paste the whole June list: https://foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Website/Resource%20Library/FBA_Southcentral_Food_Distribution_Calendar.pdf Second page of the PDF includes a map! 💙Thank you to all and especially to the Food Bank for coordinating and supplying! #FoodPantriesAnchorage #HotMealsAnchorage

🏠 Big news! Housing Alaskans is funding 77 new homes across 13 Alaska communities. And for the first time, one of the projects supported by Housing Alaskans is in Anchorage! It's Airport Heights Senior Housing. Alaskans from Chevak to Sitka will benefit. Teachers. Seniors. Workforce families. Storm-impacted villages. $1.5M in gap funding → leverages $60M+ → stalled projects move forward. Alaska needs shovels in the ground. This is how you do it. Pictured: Anchorage from the air in September 2025. #HousingAlaskans #ShovelReadyButStalled #TopOffFundsMakeTheDifference

💙💙💙On this day of reflection, some good news: 🏡In the last year and a half, the number of veterans experiencing homelessness in Anchorage has dropped nearly 40%. ⚙️Targeted funds for veteran housing and outreach make a difference. ✔️Our office is closed for the Memorial Day holiday. See you on Tuesday! #HousingForVeterans #EndHomelessness

The good news: A January count suggests that the number of people in our community who have no safe place to sleep is dropping. More shelter space has opened, and more people are taking advantage of it. The reality: Hundreds of people remain unsheltered: Sleeping outdoors, in tents, in doorways, in vehicles and in places not fit for anyone to live. The crunch: Shelters are full, but that doesn’t mean more shelter is the answer. We need housing for those with very low incomes. Because housing IS the answer. Thanks to the Anchorage Daily News for putting a spotlight on the situation. Check our bio for a link to the story or cut and paste: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2026/05/21/fewer-people-are-experiencing-homelessness-in-anchorage-as-providers-say-shelter-capacity-is-insufficient/ #SolvingHomelessness #HousingIsTheAnswer

Help us provide warm, clean socks for our unhoused neighbors! You can drop off new socks at our office, go to our Amazon wish list for client favorites or donate as little as $5 for us to buy in bulk. How to help: aceh.org/donate Buy from Amazon wish list: https://a.co/06PenByw Drop off: 3427 E. Tudor Road, Suite A, between 9-5 Tuesday & Thursday. Toasty toes just make everyone feel better. Because comfort, safety and dignity begin from the ground up. #ToastyToesSockDrive #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors

💥Congratulations to our own Mac Lyons! He just completed Leadership Anchorage, a program of the Alaska Humanities Forum designed to help Alaskans expand their impact in the community as emerging or established leaders. The 29th cohort was recognized at a celebration at the Anchorage Museum. 🔥Since the program began in 1997, more than 500 Alaskans have honed their leadership skills through Saturday sessions, group projects, mentorships, readings and more. 🥳Mac is our systems integration director, and we can't wait to see what he does next! 👉Learn more about the program: www.akhf.org/programs/leadership-anchorage #LeadershipAnchorage

Come join us! We’re on the corner of Dale Street and 40th Ave. on the Goose Loop for Bike to Work Day! Will be here another hour, till 9 AM this morning. Lots of awesome treats!

🚵‍♂️Bike to work TODAY, Friday, May 15! Businesses and organizations all over town will be handing out goodies including snacks, T shirts, stickers and more, while supplies last! Our team is hosting a station on the morning commute at Dale St. and E. 40th, right by the Goose Loop trail. Come see us! We will have🍊fresh fruit, a hot cocoa bar, coffee, tea, water, bike maps and SWAG. Scan the QR code for a map of locations. 💙Thanks to Bike Anchorage and the Anchorage Health Department for making this happen! #BikeSafety #BikeSafely #BikeToWork #SaveGas

🚵‍♂️Bike to work this Friday, May 15! Businesses and organizations all over town will be handing out goodies including snacks, T shirts, stickers and more, while supplies last! Our team is hosting a station on the morning commute at Dale St. and E. 40th, right by the Goose Loop trail. Come see us! We will have🍊fresh fruit, a hot cocoa bar, coffee, tea, water, bike maps and SWAG. Scan the QR code for a map of locations. 💙Thanks to Bike Anchorage and the Anchorage Health Department for making this happen! #biketowork #belovedcommunity #intheneighborhood