NEWS
HOUSING IS HEALTH: WHY HOUSING STABILITY MATTERS
By Katie Derrick, LMSW, Jesse Tree Community Health Worker Word on the Street Issue 41, March 2024 . . . Editor’s Note: A version of this article was previously published by the Idaho Capital Sun One of the most underrepresented impacts on our health is our housing. Typically, when people think about how housing impacts […]
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OBITUARY: MARGARET MONTROSE STIGERS
MARGARET MONTROSE STIGERS
July 2, 1944 ~ December 20, 2023
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A TRUE HERO
It’s easy to look at someone rough around the edges and let our assumptions grant us permission into giving them a wide berth.
Maybe they don’t shower as much as you, yourself, do. Clothes are rumpled and dirty. Hair is unkempt. Disposition snarly and defensive.
Best to stay away from folks like that, right?
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WHAT IS NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION?
By Janet Kaufman Throughout the programs at Interfaith Sanctuary that support individuals’ growth and well-being—Project Well-Being, Project Recovery, Just Mad, and groups with parents and children—we are practicing communication to bring more compassion, understanding, and peaceful problem-solving to our community. No matter what challenges we face, it helps to address them with communication that is […]
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Housing-First and Assertive Community Treatment Take Time and Investment
By Terrence Sharrer, WOTS Issue 39 Terrence Sharrer, Project Recovery Supervisor at Interfaith Sanctuary Housing-First is a policy that offers permanent housing for those experiencing chronic homelessness, unconditionally. Services are wrapped around those suffering from addiction, mental illness, disability, etc. The policy has shown great promise in more progressive communities. However, although performed correctly in […]
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