Key to Home Partnership to host State of Homelessness Address on April 29
03/31/2025
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The Key to Home Partnership will host a State of Homelessness Address, presented by the Inasmuch Foundation, on Tuesday, April 29, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr.
This free event will present the findings from the 2025 Point in Time count, provide crucial insights into the current landscape of homelessness in Oklahoma City and outline ongoing and planned strategies to optimize the City's homeless response system.
The State of Homelessness Address aims to provide a deeper understanding of homelessness in Oklahoma City and the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness while highlighting collaborative initiatives designed to provide solutions.
Speakers include representatives from City leadership, including Mayor David Holt, and staff from the Key to Home Partnership management team. A panel of subject matter experts and people with lived experience in homelessness will discuss their perspectives on the issue and answer questions from the audience.
“Homelessness affects us all, and it’s important that we come together as a community to better understand the issue and to discuss meaningful solutions,” Assistant City Manager for the City of Oklahoma City Aubrey McDermid said. “This event offers an opportunity for residents to learn about the progress being made, the work still to be done, and how we can work together as a community to be part of the solution.”
The event is open to the public, and registration is not required. For more information about the State of Homelessness Address, please contact Erika Warren at erika.warren@okc.gov.
About the Key to Home Partnership
To address homelessness differently in Oklahoma City, the Key to Home Partnership was launched in April 2023. Key to Home is a public-private partnership of more than 50 agencies, the City of OKC and the private sector, working together with a mission to prevent and end homelessness. The Key to Home Partnership’s action plan is focused on reducing two sub-populations and refining the system to improve capacity and efficiency for everyone. The four goals for 2023-2025 include:
- Create a new governance system.
- Address homelessness differently by improving infrastructure and capacity.
- Achieve a reduction in Youth Homelessness by rehousing or diverting 100 youth by the end of 2025.
- Achieve a reduction in chronic Unsheltered Homelessness by rehousing 500 people experiencing unsheltered homelessness by the end of 2025.
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erika.warren@okc.gov
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