Dustin Stumblingbear is busy community volunteer, working with City and County work groups addressing housing and homelessness. He spoke about the City Community Engagement work group, A Place for Everyone and the Douglas County Housing Initiative. He described a collaborative approach that has a goal of ending homelessness in the County by 2028. These efforts include supportive housing, creation of affordable housing, the Emergency Shelter and supportive systems. Equity and inclusion also characterize these efforts. Progress has been made as the problem has been studied and various entities are working closely together. Homeless response teams have been created to build trust with the homeless community and to assist in finding temporary services. Dustin spoke about the numerous myths regarding this population and answered many questions from club members. Dustin is an Iraq War veteran and attended Haskell Indian Nations University and Kansas University.
