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Person Centered Housing Options Inc. was founded in 2015 by Nicholas Coulter and Charlie Albanese to address chronic homelessness in their home town of Rochester, New York.
Together, Nick – a social services provider, and Chuck – a health care administrator, founded PCHO with a dedication to the Housing First model and a set of shared values.
Person Centered Housing Options: Helping the homeless find peace
Just before the pandemic, Sparkle, 44, and three of her children were living in a rented apartment on Chili Avenue. “It was rat and mouse infested. There were mouse droppings on hangers. They peed on everything,” Sparkle says. Her asthma worsened, her Afib (atrial...
New homeless encampment appears near former site cleared by city
ROCHESTER, N.Y.- News10NBC has been reporting on the city’s efforts to clear a homeless camp on Loomis Street. That’s gone, but some tents have popped up on nearby Joseph Avenue and it has residents like Nina Becoats Gaines fed up. “Hello?” Becoats Gaines said....
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