McQuaid Mission | Episode 6, Season 2
It Happens at STN | Episode 6, Season 2
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Amy Schwabenlender, CEO at Keys to Change, provides her takeaways from a recent conference in San Francisco focused on solutions for ending unsheltered homelessness.
Get to know Monique Lopez, Chief Operations Officer at UMOM New Day Centers, in her leader profile.
Also in the segment, viewers get a look at the SOAR program on the Keys Campus, where they work to provide access to social security and disability services as well as recovery services to people experiencing homelessness.
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