Innovating Solutions to Homelessness | Carol Hollowell | TEDxStGeorge
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2022
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Carol Hollowell was inspired to embark on a career serving those experiencing homelessness after finding Ray, wheelchair-bound, on the streets in 2013. Ray had been homeless for five years simply because he had lost his wallet. After helping Ray get his ID, and stable housing, she knew she had found her purpose. Switchpoint was born!
Switchpoint’s model combines Carol’s years of business experience with her innovative problem-solving skills. As a serial entrepreneur, Carol developed Switchpoint to lift and empower individuals in their resolve to become self-sufficient.
Carol’s vision is to create 1,000 units of deeply affordable housing in Utah this year!
#tedxstgeorge #tedxtalk Carol Hollowell is a social solutions innovator. She is changing the face of homelessness with Switchpoint Community Center where services go beyond food and shelter offering a stepping stone to independence for individuals experiencing homelessness.
Carol is a serial entrepreneur, and developed Switchpoint to lift and empower individuals in their resolve to become self-sufficient. In 2020, Carol received the Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Social Impact for creating a new standard and best practices in homeless
services.
Carol knew that we can’t solve homelessness without having somewhere to move people out of shelter and began to tackle the extreme lack of affordable housing. In 2020 Switchpoint opened Riverwalk Apartments which became home to 172 residents. In addition, they purchased 2 hotels & converted them to studio apartments to house vulnerable seniors, veterans, & those with disabilities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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"Solving homelessness" --- Carol, you have a beautiful soul, a beautiful heart, and a brilliant mind. You changed Ray's life and I'm confident you'll change the lives of countless others in need.
Carol The audience loved your solutions for homelessness! ❤️Great job!
What an inspiring and innovative solution for homelessness! Thanks Carol for your fierce commitment to this cause!
What a beautiful message and a brilliant vision for a more compassionate future. 🙏🏼
"We must peel back the layers and examine the roots." Love this!
ID problems police and people including managers of grocery stores steal donations and gift cards.
Can I use your address for 4 weeks while I wait for mail to prove to the DMV I exist then wait another two weeks for the ID to arrive, then use your address to get a bank account and a food handlers card.
Homelessness is NOT a complex issue. But by claiming it IS a complex problem you create jobs and entire ecosystems built around "helping". . .
I am a programmer and I study market trends, and I can't get a bank account to get paid for my work. What are my options? I was born in the US. People grieve for homeless people, and its' fine to help don't get me wrong, but it doesn't make sense to create entire organizations that have paid staff handing out food that isn't satisfying or healthy in any way.
In the city I live they dump $10000 a night for a "warming shelter" in which the volunteers abuse and steal from people attempting to sleep meanwhile having full blown conversations talking till 3 or 4 am in an auditorium. The drugs addicts I sleep to mumble to themselves once in awhile I wake up to someone yelling, this is less stressful than the auditorium because I know they can't help their actions in those moments.
Why not open up a house as a private drop in center, have a place for people to shower, study, and a place to launch from if they find work (What I mean by this is a safe place to drop off essential gear that you wouldn't want to be seen with during a job interview). Have a paid social worker living in the house for partial work trade. And be open 5 days a week, allow and encourage people to get ID's food handler cards and to be able to cook for people using the drop in center.
I don't care about sleeping outside, I don't want police taking my money or gift cards or non illegal non stolen items, meaning I need a bank account to progress in life. Police in certain places in the US will take any valuables from people who have nothing. Specifically they use a law that allows them to confiscate any item that is under a suspicion of being used in a crime. So they can relate any item to any crime in this way. For instance I've had them take $200 that was donated by a man named Sid who owns a ranch under suspicion that it was drug money (I don't use or sell drugs). They also did this with a starbucks gift card, and $100 that I picked up in the gutter of the street pulling me over claiming I was acting suspicious. I have had them take food that was donated and paid for by other people many times. They've also taken cash from me when I had provable income from my job.
These are not complex problems. They are problems with the government and charities ignoring the issues in order to drain capital for those who actually don't understand the problems but who are empathetic.
Needs:
ID (NEED RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS)
Bank Account
Safe Storage
This will end poverty, stop ignoring the problem.
Carol, this is amazing. Way to go!
Great person. Great idea. Great talk!!!!
"WOW"! Awesome talk!
thank you Carol. so moved by your genuine compassion. we ALL have a story. ❤
Thank you for expressing the ever so apparent effect of situations that no everyone assume to become homeless. I myself am homeless currently for the same reason waiting for birth certificate while able and ready to work. Carol is an angel
Good work being done here. Having said that, I will add that it is absurd to believe that nothing more than a stolen wallet caused Ray's homelessness. No other factors, no other life choices, no other variables at all? The likelihood of that is 0
no kidding.
Handing money directly from charity funds to Chinese fentanyl cartel in this way, perpetuating drug use on the street by causing a lack of desire to do anything else, what are the options here.
Amazing. What a blessing. Thank you for sharing.
Lovely ♥️♥️♥️🏠
My brother such a great man
Grandi qualcosa di grande dare dignità a queste persone sempre.
Le nostre comunità e villaggi sono così grandi da aiutare e dare dignità amore e saggezza a queste persone e dare loro un lavoro in un economia eclettica e reale capace di superare disuguaglianze e superare nelle nostre autonomie una forza reciproca nelle persone e dare loro imprese di comunità e sociali.
What would be your solutions to those homeless with heavy addictions. Who don’t even want to eat when you offer them food, instead they just want money to keep getting their addictions going on?
Allow Them Their Autonomy.
Yes 💯💯
How can I use my idea for homeless in america
Why was this talk flagged by Ted for violating content guidelines?
Homelessness can be treatable and homelessness can reduce County and areas by given the right direction for their lives its up too them keep building more homes and homes. The government should focus on the needy and not just on the rich !
Un economia che possa farci sognare e aspirare ad arte e reali economie e comunità indipendenti per risolvere ladisocupazione tramite imprese sociali e dare un lavoro a chi uccide e dignità e saggezza e amore a chiunque abbattendo le disuguaglianze abbiamo doni incredibili e sono miei amici e fratelli.
this sounds like a Disney version of homelessness
Aiutiamo a risolvere i senza tetto le persone senza casa e dare loro un lavoro e una casa meravigliosa che possa amarli e volerli bene può essere un lavoro sostenibile ma certamente sono persone e fratelli nella nostra famiglia come omicidi ed altro la nostra famiglia e così grande e meravigliosa che vorrei piantare amore e saggezza nelle vite di chi ha ucciso di chi non ha un lavoro e risolvere queste condizioni e dare loro saggezza umiltà e tanto tanto amore .
According to Federal Law it is Congress that funds HUD who in tern funds the Housing Authority to build low income housing, don’t allow Congress to break these laws that where approved by Congress in 1934 et al
Is very great my wonderful family noble in save the world salvare il mondo autenticamente amando e dando una casa a mio fratello e alle persone povere in un economia reale e eclettica .Gli amo e gli amerò sempre dalla parte degli ultimi sempre per volerli bene e dare loro la lavoro e includerli nel nostro mondo .
The Federal Law says the Housing authority’s in the various states will own and BUILD low income housing for the homeless and of which 65% are disabled another percentage the elderly can you believe it t?
Needs:
ID (NEED RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS)
Bank Account
Safe Storage
This will end poverty, stop ignoring the problem.
If you can't supply these things but you want to feed us, you are perpetuating the problem.
First thing any homeless person should ask "What am I doing to improve my situation?". It is everyone's own personal responsibility to improve their own situation and do so by focusing on self improvement with Physical, Financial, & Intellectual goals, they all pay off.
What about stopping / maling eviction illegale for people belown 3x modal income!
what about a livingwage enough for a good Life!? enough that dafter painger houdsing & medical and good Bulls have soms money left for sosialize and Bobbie!
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First of all it's called refugee not homeless and government officials need to embrace vocab guidelines so please stop being scared..... it's really that simple