Wasilla, Alaska | Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - A Mat-Su wide project for homeless children, youth, students, single adults, seniors, and families of the Mat-Su Borough is returning to the Menard Center on Tuesday, January 30, 2024.    This event will offer free haircuts, clothing, and food as well as access to numerous services from Mat-Su Valley nonprofit organizations.
 
Project Homeless Connect 2024
 
Project Homeless Connect 2024 is a one-day, one-stop event to provide housing, services, and hospitality directly to people experiencing homelessness in the Mat-Su Valley. It is a way to bring service providers, government agencies, and the general community together to address a problem that affects everyone. The goal is to move from simply managing homelessness towards making progress in ending it. This event is quickly becoming a very popular event in communities across our nation and as our tradition grows here in the Mat-Su Borough, it has also become very popular here.
 
This year, the leadership team has set the specific goal of gathering over 125 caring community volunteers, over 40 service agency/organizations, and assisting over 150 homeless, or near homeless, individuals and families.   Additionally, we have the added goal of demonstrating the positive aspects of collaboration in our community.  This event will enable us to gather much-needed data on the needs of the homeless, and near homeless, to share with our community and state agencies.  This information is vital and will assist us in gathering the proper resources to meet those identified needs.
 
Our goal is to serve our Mat-Su Borough residents who don’t have permanent, adequate, or a regular night-time residence.  The Mat-Su Project Homeless Connect 2024 also strives to connect with 150 homeless individuals and families. 
 
Free transportation is available on the day of the event, call 907-631-1542 for a ride.