{"id":1117154,"date":"2026-07-29T01:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1117154\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T01:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:31:18","slug":"birmingham-approves-new-resource-center-to-address-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1117154\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham approves new resource center to address homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham approves new resource center to address homelessness<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c90ca2ca-9bdb-4afe-ad06-115b540c5767_1729194038.jpeg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Shannon Delcambre\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Birmingham city leaders have approved the establishment of Birmingham Oasis, a new resource center aimed at addressing homelessness in the city.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The city council approved a three-year ground lease agreement for the property, located on 3rd Avenue North in the Smithfield neighborhood, during a meeting Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The center is expected to open in late September and will offer several services, operating 12 to 14 hours a day, primarily Monday through Friday.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">City leaders said the initiative will allow them to address homelessness with evidence-based solutions that improve outcomes for residents.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Mayor Randall Woodfin said, &#8220;The strategy is to meet people where they are. The Oasis helps build on the work already being done.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The city council also approved a $600,000 agreement with Urban Alchemy to operate the site through the city&#8217;s opioid abatement program over the next year. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\"><strong>Coming Together: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvtm13.com\/project-community\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Project CommUNITY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham approves new resource center to address homelessness BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2014 Birmingham city leaders have approved the establishment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1117155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,304473,748,11753,2737,3590,393,304474,8453,4884,61822,6332,37856,96318,1327,304472,25181,77317,37956,206821,16,15,197264,185598],"class_list":["post-1117154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-birmingham-city-leader","tag-britain","tag-center","tag-city","tag-day","tag-england","tag-evidence-based-solution","tag-friday","tag-great-britain","tag-homeless","tag-homelessness","tag-hour","tag-mayor-randall-woodfin","tag-monday","tag-new-resource-center","tag-oasis","tag-outcome","tag-resident","tag-resource","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-urban-alchemy","tag-wvtm"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117000687313998200","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1117155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}