Guest Blog Writer

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*This is a virtual opportunity.* Willis Dady has a new virtual volunteer opportunity! We will be revamping the blog on our website to include submissions from volunteers. These could cover a wide variety of topics and interests that fit under the wide umbrella of issues that Willis Dady strives to address.

Research based/ more formal blog post ideas:

• Housing First model
• Permanent Supportive Housing model
• Cost-Study results from homeless services (if you search in a library or school’s journal database you should be able to find articles/resources about this)
• Client confidentiality and homelessness (if there are studies about the importance of confidentiality especially)
• Medical care and homelessness
• Mental health and homelessness
• Childcare and homelessness
• Education and homelessness
• Employment and homelessness
• Law enforcement and homelessness
• Food insecurity and homelessness
• Rural homelessness rates & coexisting problems
• Linn County, Benton County, Jones County homelessness stats

Volunteer Opportunities/Projects: (Writing How To’s on how to make)

• Tie blankets
• Toiletry kits
• Emergency kits (fist-aid fanny packs, basically)

Resource Spotlights (interviews with local agencies/resources to discuss how their services help our clients/community)

• Any of the organizations on the resource lists: https://www.linncounty.org/130/Community-Resources
• Any organizations on our partners page/ who we refer people too: https://www.willisdady.org/partners

Requirements:

• Length: 3-7 paragraphs
• Appropriate citations should be included (in-text citations and a references section at the end)
• No political or religious content

Willis Dady reserves the right to make necessary adjustments and edits to all submissions.

Submissions and any questions can be emailed to sierra@willisdady.org.