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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, thousands of individuals experience homelessness in Fort Collins each year,
including more than 1,000 students in the Poudre School District. Right now, more than 300 of our
residents are sleeping outside, in shelters or in their vehicles; and
WHEREAS, homelessness is a complex, community crisis and people become homeless for
many reasons, including a lack of affordable housing, unemployment or underemployment, physical
disabilities, substance-use disorders, mental health issues, domestic violence and more; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is committed to a future in which homelessness is rare,
brief, and non-recurring. We can solve this crisis if we collaborate across sectors and invest wisely
in best-practice interventions that help people secure and retain housing; and
WHEREAS, the City actively fosters this vision through its support of local nonprofits and
other key stakeholders in government, business, education, the faith community and elsewhere who
collaborate and implement evidence-based solutions each day; and
WHEREAS, in its ongoing effort to expand community awareness about the issue of
homelessness, promote critical dialogue, and inspire solution-oriented, and unite the community-
those with housing and those without-the network of homeless service providers, in collaboration
with the City of Fort Collins, will utilize social media to raise awareness about homelessness in our
community during the month of November.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jeni Arndt, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby declare
the month of November as
HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS MONTH
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 16th day of November, A.D. 2021.
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ATTEST: Mayor
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Interim City Clerk