FARGO — An initiative that aims to end homelessness in the Fargo-Moorhead area has made progress in helping people find housing, but leaders of the group say there is more work to be done to prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place.

The United to End Homelessness Initiative has secured enough funding to help 20 people who experience “high-visibility” homelessness find long-term housing in Cass and Clay counties, said Chandler Esslinger, executive director of the FM Coalition to End Homelessness and a leader of the initiative. The group has secured permanent housing for two individuals, and 11 more people are “actively in the housing search process,” she said.

Program case managers have reached out to three others to initiate the process of finding them long-term housin

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