COMMENTS ON NEW YORK CITY’S FY 2017 PRELIMINARY BUDGET BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE...
(Source: Office of the Comptroller City of New York) PR16-03-026 Contact : Eric Sumberg, (212) 669-3535, esumberg@comptroller.nyc.gov March 01, 2016 Thank you, Chair Ferreras and members of the Finance...
View ArticleA call for common effort on homelessness
SARASOTA - Despite deciding last year to pursue different "Housing First" and new shelter initiatives to combat homelessness throughout Sarasota, city and Sarasota County officials now find themselves...
View ArticleHomeless people face age-related conditions earlier than people with homes
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Health conditions usually seen among the elderly are more common among middle aged homeless people than older people with housing, according to a new study. Those...
View ArticleChicago Joins Twenty-two Communities Across the Country Join Voices of Youth...
(Source: DFSS - Chicago Department of Family & Support Services) Linking Evidence and Action to End Youth Homelessness Chicago, IL. Chicago joins twenty-two communities from across the United...
View Article20 more shelters for homeless this summer
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation will open 20 new shelters for the homeless this summer. In a first, some of these shelters will be exclusive for families, women and physically challenged. The...
View ArticleUdall, Heinrich Announce $7.3 Million to Combat Homelessness in New Mexico...
(Source: Martin Heinrich) Tuesday, March 15, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced more than $7.3 million for nonprofit providers and local governments in...
View ArticleUdall, Heinrich Announce $7.3 Million to Combat Homelessness in New Mexico...
(Source: Tom Udall) WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced more than $7.3 million for nonprofit providers and local governments in New Mexico to combat homelessness...
View ArticleCity details efforts to address poverty and homelessness (City of...
(Source: City of Springfield, MO) According to Springfield's 2013 point in time homeless count data, on any given night, 711 people in Springfield are homeless. That includes 350 single adults, 50...
View ArticleKansas City group opens rare LGBTQ domestic violence center
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A quiet office in a busy entertainment district is a rare space for LGBTQ people to find help in times of crisis or to meet others for support and friendship. The Kansas City...
View ArticleUdall, Heinrich Announce $7.3 Million to Combat Homelessness in New Mexico...
(Source: Democratic Party of New Mexico) Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced more than $7.3 million for nonprofit providers and local governments in New Mexico to combat...
View ArticleDe Blasio slashes shelter budget in the middle of a homeless crisis
Amid an escalating homeless crisis in NYC, the de Blasio administration has slashed its shelter budget by nearly $200 million — because it wrongly assumes that new housing programs will make a big dent...
View ArticleHUD Awards $166 Million for Local Homeless Programs in New York (New York/US...
(Source: New York/US Department of Housing and Urban Development) WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro today awarded $1.6 billion in grants to...
View ArticleLatest Homelessness Count Shows Significant Decrease (Fairfax County, VA)
(Source: Fairfax County, VA) SHARE POINT It was cold on Jan. 28, just a few days after the blizzard when county and nonprofit personnel fanned out across our community for the annual Point in Time...
View ArticleCalls to overhaul WA tenancy laws over domestic violence
A staggering one third of Western Australia's homeless are women fleeing domestic violence, sparking two campaigns for major law reform in WA. Despite the homeless support sector struggling with...
View ArticleAssembly's Budget Proposal Delivers Affordable Housing and Homelessness...
(Source: New York State Assembly) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2016 Assembly's Budget Proposal Delivers Affordable Housing and Homelessness Relief Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Housing Committee...
View ArticleMayor Bill de Blasio Announces City and Shelter Providers Fixed More Than...
(Source: City of New York, NY) March 9, 2016 City continues aggressively inspecting homeless shelters NEW YORK--Mayor Bill de Blasio today released the February Shelter Repair Scorecard, which shows...
View ArticleReport paints scary picture of homeless shelter violence
The disheartening number of violent incidents that take place in the city’s homeless shelters were revealed for the first time in a report released Monday. There were 416 reports of...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio Announces Over 30,000 New Yorkers Exited or Avoided Shelter...
(Source: City of New York, NY) March 8, 2016 NEW YORK--Mayor Bill de Blasio announced over 30,000 New Yorkers are living in permanent housing and avoided or exited shelter through the administration's...
View ArticleReports of child abuse in shelter, spotlight struggles facing homeless families
Domestic violence and child abandonment are common occurrences in New York City homeless shelters, suggests a new report published Wednesday by the New York Daily News. According to 2015 reports...
View ArticleNew York boosts security at homeless shelters: Will it improve conditions?
After a recent spate of stabbings, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that the city will step up security at its homeless shelters to prevent violence. City officials will re-introduce a...
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