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What is the best way to end homelessness?

This is a debate that will go on and on and on because homelessness may never TOTALLY end.  But, as I was reading a blog post on Chang.org’s Poverty in America section, I noticed a good analogy on how we could go about starting to end homelessness. This blog author, Eric Sheptock, is speaking about [...]

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House calls to the Homeless?

It is often hard for the homeless to find time to make a doctor’s appointment. Whether it has to do with not KNOWING where to go, putting other things before health care, or being unable to transport yourself there like many homeless who may live in supportive housing many of the homeless do not have [...]

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Homeless outreach in the winter…

Christmas weekend brought some VERY heavy snow to the East Coast.  Holding up flights around the nation, making streets unable to drive on, and giving another obstacle for homeless people trying to survive the harsh cold. Winter is tough for homeless outreach teams everywhere.  No one likes to see a man like Richie – “On [...]

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Homelessness and the lack of resources…

What if you said you couldn’t help someone jump their car because you didn’t have the cables? That isn’t too hard to get over. You just didn’t have the resources to help them, but maybe somebody else will come along with jumper cables. It is a pretty common tool to keep in a car. What if you [...]

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Homelessness can happen to Anyone

Rarely do we think about a homeless person once being rich or successful or even stable.  What if I told you that there are even many star athletes who are now homeless? In reading a Poverty In America blog post on change.org, there is a story about a former WORLD CHAMPION Middleweight boxer named Iran [...]

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Homeless Hate Crimes?

“It’s just that we’re there, and they don’t really think of us as real people, kind of part of the scenery.  They attack us just like they vandalize a stop sign, basically.” I came across this quote while scanning an article on NPR.  The article was speaking about how many states are starting to consider [...]

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The Face of Homelessness

What is the image that comes to mind when thinking about a homeless person? “Usually dirty, drunk, and very stupid sounding, they just ask for money, or demand it.” This was a quote taken from Thehomelesspresident’s Blog.  The author of this blog is a man who became homeless when he was 12 years old.  He [...]

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Foster Care.. Fostering a gap that must be filled!

Most children are supported by family beyond the age of 18.  What about those who are on their own beginning on their 18th birthday? Check out Preventable Tragedy: A Hawaiian Teen’s Suicide after Foster Care,” an article written by Natalie Wendt.  In this article Natalie Wendt speaks about a 19-year-old from Hawaii who had just [...]

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Homeless prevention for Veterans

In his blog Stone Soup Station, Steven Samra says, “One of the most gut wrenching, heartbreaking things I’ve had to deal with while working with veterans is telling a man or woman with a family that there were no resources available to assist them as their world collapsed around them and they hit the bricks.” [...]

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Achieving a goal takes planning, Indianapolis chose a “Blueprint”

Helping someone into a home FIRST, can offer stability and security to help them into a new life SECOND. Housing First is an approach that kind of flip flops the logical way of thinking.  Many of us think that in order to obtain a home, one should 1) be sober, 2) have a steady paying [...]

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