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Our Downtown Dallas, Inc. Homeless Outreach team does heroic work every day connecting our neighbors experiencing homelessness to resources that help get them off the streets, into housing, and connected with critical support services. One of our most effective programs is what we call Homeward Bound, a shining example of the "diversion" strategy to quickly rehouse people. DDI funds one-way bus tickets for people to reconnect them with friends or family in other cities and towns who are willing to take them in. It is compassionate and tremendously cost-effective, a fraction of the cost of an average shelter stay. The Dallas Morning News recently highlighted our efforts and the good work of our partners at Family Gateway and Housing Forward. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g7VfN6sD