Project Homeless Connect

More than 100 people participated in this year’s Project Homeless Connect event.

More than 30 service providers lined the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex conference room Tuesday to deliver products and services to those experiencing homelessness. Hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Project Homeless Connect, the event sees anywhere from 100 to 150 clients each year.

Past the tables of small shampoo bottles, glossy brochures and knitted hats, Shannon Schjoll is working on a client with a pair of hair scissors.Schjoll…

In the past, Project Homeless Connect has been a one-day event, gathering people who lack adequate, stable housing and the agencies, organizations and…

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This week on the Kenai Conversation, we talk about the 8th Annual Project Homeless Connect with guests Maggie Winston and Kelly Bartelmay of the Soldotna…