This post was originally published last January, but I think it is worth a repost! 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 [...]
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How to put more into your remembrance during Memorial Day Weekend
It is hard to believe that we are approaching Memorial Day weekend! After what seemed like the longest winter on record, we are now anticipating grilling out with friends and spending a long weekend with family. All across the state, pools will start to open and Hoosiers will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis [...]
Serving the homeless is more than putting up four walls
I remember hearing a quote somewhere that said, “People don’t recognize customer service, unless it is BAD customer service.” This quote ties in well with a story written in a blog post on New York’s Coalition for the Homeless website. The blog post is written by a woman, Sarah Murphy, who was homeless but helped [...]
Housing & Shelter is just the start of ending homelessness
It is REALLY REALLY easy to think this way – “The way to end homelessness is to build more homes! More housing, means less homeless, which means homelessness is gone!” I get caught thinking this way constantly. It is hard to wrap your head around what it could be like to have to be on [...]
Whole Foods Market “Bags Hunger” for HIP
In January, Whole Foods Market on 86th Street in Nora, distributed over $6,000 worth of healthy organic food to the Homeless Initiative Program (HIP). The following items were picked up by our staff and delivered to the individuals housed through our Ralph Dowe Legacy Housing Project and Threshold Project. Pallets of cereal Whole wheat pasta [...]
HOUSING FIRST approach is gaining headway across the nation!
The way homeless prevention usually went was that a person would stay in a shelter, show good behavior, and then receive support services. Now, we are realizing the positive effect of housing the homeless first along with immediately providing support services. In an article from the Detroit Free Press, it was noted that the average [...]
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 [...]
The NEW Homeless Veterans
There is a growing number of homeless veterans, and they aren’t the old guys with a bottle in a paper sack who fought in Vietnam. An estimated 9,000 veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are homeless. An excellent video and article done by Bob Woodruff and Ian Caemeron for ABC News captures the feelings of three [...]
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 [...]
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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