Central Presbyterian Church to help raise

Central Presbyterian Church partners with community groups and ministries to raise awareness about the homeless. (Photo by Pexels from Pixabay)

Central Presbyterian Church, Central Outreach and Advocacy Center, and Intown Collaborative Ministries will hold an "In Their Shoes" event on Sunday, Mar. 19, to help the homeless communities.

According to the church's Facebook page, it aims to raise awareness about how unhoused people walk 10 miles daily.

The three groups aim to "increase their homelessness footprint in downtown Atlanta," the post revealed.

Central Outreach and Advocacy Center

Central Outreach and Advocacy Center's mission is to provide avenues for preventing and overcoming homelessness. Its goal is to be devoted partners and ardent advocates for persons who are homeless, per its website.

By enabling its clients to take the next step toward self-sufficiency, conveying their experiences with passion and intention, and ensuring the center has the tools to operate at its peak, it opens doors to combating and preventing homelessness, the about page said.

Central Presbyterian Church

Central Presbyterian Church host a wide range of music from the choir, organ, and guest instrumentalists, all of which are rooted in the Reformed faith, the church website revealed.

At 11 a.m. Scripture readings, sermons, and liturgical artwork on display in the Sanctuary are all included in the worship service, the home section bared.

During its customary services, sitting is segregated by socioeconomic class. To locate contacts, reservations are necessary. The church asks that everyone who attends benefits wear a mask while on the church campus, even if they are fully immunized, the site said.

The church kindly urges members to refrain from attending in person if they exhibit any COVID-19-related symptoms or if they have come in touch with someone with the illness, the page revealed.

Intown Collaborative Ministries

For thousands of people and families in Atlanta, housing instability and homelessness are problems, Intown Collaborative Ministries said on its about page.

At the city's annual Point in Time Count in January 2019, 3 217 men, women, or children were identified as homeless, and 719 were unsheltered. Members in this community are particularly at risk and frequently suffer from significant mental illness, drug addiction, and other medical disorders, per the about section.

The mission of Intown's Homeless Outreach Program is to compassionately reach out to and house the chronically homeless residents of Atlanta, the site bared.

To end chronic homelessness, the City of Atlanta's Continuum of Care has adopted the housing first strategy, which was developed in New York City 25 years ago, the page revealed.

The site said that this strategy first places homeless people in long-term housing and assists in client stabilization through wrap-around assistance from the comfort of their apartment.

The challenges to secure housing these people face, such as a lack of income, insufficient government identification, mental health conditions, drug addiction, and criminal records, can be addressed after they are off the streets, the page said.

The four steps of Intown's Homeless Outreach Program are engagement, enrollment, navigation, and housing, per the website.