We’re a nonprofit organization ending homelessness in Buncombe County, North Carolina. More than that, we’re non-judgmental staff, volunteers, board members, and people knowledgeable in social work disciplines who believe in the “Housing First” national best practice for ending homelessness. Mostly, we’re people who care about the most vulnerable among us enough to do something about it.
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Our Homeless Services offer support, services, and hope to people who are homeless while they wait to get into permanent housing.
We offer two types of housing programs: Rapid Rehousing and Permanent Supportive Housing.
After living for 53 years in Savannah, GA, Kimball and her family decided to pack up what they had and move to Asheville, NC. At the time, Kimball’s family included her adult son, Elijah, and their two dogs, Foxy and Magic. They’d wanted to escape the crime that had crept into their working-class neighborhood, and Kimball says that when they saw the mountains on I-26, she knew “We were home.” Kimball found work at a green cleaning business and her son worked as a painter. …
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We like to be transparent about both our goals and our progress toward achieving them. We’ll try to keep this area updated for you so would-be volunteers know they’re helping a deeply committed cause, and donors can see the specific areas where their dollars go.
"No one left outside" describes our commitment to finding a housing solution for every person experiencing homelessness, starting with people who have been chronically homeless and benefit from added support.…
Posted on: Oct 13, 2017 by Ben FehsenfeldMary Jo Powers, Executive Director Every year for 24 hours on the last Wednesday in January, nonprofit and community leaders fan out across the state to conduct a “point-in-time count”…
Posted on: Jun 26, 2017 by Ben FehsenfeldDEPCOM Power recently made a leadership gift to our AHOPE Day Center to facilitate essential repairs that started on Saturday, June 11. AHOPE serves 200 people a day and over 3,000…
Posted on: Jun 14, 2017 by Ben Fehsenfeld