Misty Bosch-Hastings

Director, Homeless Solutions Division @City of Lawrence, KS

Lawrence, KS, US

Lead the City’s Homeless Response Team (HRT), overseeing outreach, housing stabilization, peer support, and multidisciplinary care coordination.Develop and implement operational policies, safety protocols, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to professionalize and standardize the City’s homelessness response.Manage multi-million-dollar budgets, complex grants (federal, state, and private), and contracts with service providers.Supervise and develop a diverse team, including outreach workers, peer specialists, case managers, and medical staff.Represent the division at City Commission, community forums, and regional/statewide housing and homelessness initiatives.Key Successes & Projects:66% reduction in unsheltered homelessness in one year, building one of the most effective municipal response teams in Kansas.Designed and launched “Pallet 24,” a 48-bed low-barrier shelter, providing immediate alternatives to unsanctioned encampments.Implemented The Village, a non-congregate transitional cabin community, with a comprehensive operations plan and neighborhood engagement strategy.Brought street medicine, peer support, SUD assessments, and behavioral health services directly into encampments through new partnerships.Overhauled the winter emergency shelter system, expanding capacity, mobilizing faith partners, and achieving the first winter in 20+ years with zero weather-related deaths among unsheltered residents.Secured and managed grants that integrated harm reduction, medical, and public safety responses.Introduced medical respite, engaging hospitals and service providers in collaborative discharge solutions.Built regional and national visibility through success and podcast hosting (“Collaborative Solutions”)

Allen County Community College

PSYCHOLOGY

Washburn University

PSYCHOLOGY