In 2006, Mayor Ron Tussing was asked to lead an initiative to develop a plan to address the needs of the homeless in Billings. The Mayor formed a 20 member coalition, the Mayor's Committee on Homelessness, to develop and implement a plan.

In October 2009, the City Council adopted Welcome Home Billings - a ten-year plan to impact homelessness. The completed plan and supporting documents can be found online.To date, over 300 cities across the nation have committed to implementing plans to impact homelessness.

Over 50 organizations and 300 individuals have been collectively working on implementing the plan to impact homelessness, including the Billings Area Resource Network.

Initiatives

• Project Homeless Connect
• Community Gardens & Food Security
• Illuminate Poverty
• Social Enterprise
• Spare Change for Real Change