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'GETTING OUT OF PRISON, I had no job and no place to go, so I ended up in a shelter in Brooklyn," said Jose Carrero. A recent graduate of the […]

VA: Homeless providers. The Department of Veterans Affairs has $38 million for the per diem part of its Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem program. The per diem component defrays [...]

HOMELESSNESS--Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) and Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio) have reintroduced bills to improve access to mental health and substance abuse services to homeless people. The Services for Ending Long-Term [...]

Government attempts to tackle social exclusion seem to have bypassed older homeless people. Academics Hazel Morbey, Jenny Pannell and Robin Means discuss results of research into this group's needs and [...]

A new scheme has been launched to help homeless ex-service personnel off the streets and back into employment. Project Compass, developed jointly by Business Action on Homelessness, Training for Life [...]

Amajority of visitors to Community Care's website believe it is unrealistic for no more families to be placed in bed and breakfast, unless in an emergency, by 2004. Fifty-nine per [...]

CRISIS, the national charity for homeless people, is appealing for chefs and cooks to volunteer for Crisis Open Christmas, which takes place every year in London from 23 to 30 [...]

Few of us are immune to those occasional corporate blues when life just seems to be about profit margins and beating the competition. So when an IT company claims it […]

Shelter, the charity for the homeless and badly housed, is launching an audio mailing campaign in a bid to raise funds for its phone service, Shelterline. The campaign, devised by [...]

Churches go together to befriend people who are homeless or refugees Homelessness continues to grow in Toronto. It is still a national disgrace. The Toronto economy has strengthened in recent [...]

THE PROBLEM: Large segment of the local homeless population taxing the resources of two hospitals. THE PLAYERS: Union Mission Inc., Memorial Health University Medical Center, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, and [...]

* The city of Phoenix is asking residents to donate clothing and goods to support the homeless during the hot summer months. The city is looking for water bottles, sports [...]

Christmas Day, normally a day off for The Denver Chop House & Brewery employees and their families will be a day of serving dinner and providing holiday cheer to 1,500 [...]

An easy ministry your whole family can do For years I ignored the homeless panhandlers I passed on the street. I had convinced myself that they didn't really want to [...]

In 1991, a Seattle non-profit organization, Community Voice Mail (CVM) was created in response to the need for a communication link for homeless job seekers. Today, CVM is operating in [...]

Kathleen de la Pe[tilde{n}]a McCook The income disparity between rich people and poor people in the United States is astonishing. The average income of families in the top 20% of [...]

IT IS IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY AND REACH OUT TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN YOUR SERVICE AREA Four people think about homelessness: * You're homeless. It's cold and wet out, you [...]

Assessment: Extra $870K Should Enhance Safety, Provide for Homeless Downtown property owners have put their money where their mouth is, increasing fees on their parcels to pay for a new [...]

Community Partnership for Homeless, the nationally prominent organization serving homeless needs in Miami-Dade county, accepted a $1.5 million gift from the John S. and James L. Knight [...]

The Lord's Place Inc. got dirt moving this week in West Palm Beach. That's where the organization -- which provides services to homeless families -- is building its new Family [...]

'Policies must be put in place to guarantee a living wage--the minimum income needed for an individual or family to meet basic needs: housing, food, health care, transportation, and clothing.' [...]

Introduction Homeless and formerly homeless individuals with multiple barriers to employment are not commonly well-served by employment and training programs or by the vocational rehabilitation system. State vocational rehabilitation agencies [...]