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... Phoenix. Both of his parents spent time in prison. His mother struggled with addiction, giving birth to a daughter behind bars, and later slipped into homelessness. “My childhood has been filled with a lot of memories of being bounced around, never really having anything stable,” Livengood said.Livengood was adopted ...
... fair housing, and have a serious talk about increasing wages.” Fields said. “That's how we create the solutions that make people not come into homelessness.” Other plans include looking to salvage abandoned buildings and convert them into more housing options with on-site services, including access to employment services ...
As we dissect that very same report, we see the high risks for people experiencing homelessness, the high risks for substance users in our community. And those aren't excuses to explain why the pattern is happening, but really guide our efforts in understanding where we need to prioritize. I ...
... difficult, low paid jobs their whole life. As the cost of housing skyrocketed, their incomes didn't keep up and they simply became displaced into homelessness. Ali Rogin: You spoke to many people who are currently experiencing homelessness. What are their living conditions like? Dr. Margot Kushel: You know we ...
Betsy Lidster, Patient: I have had a headache, though, for months now. I am a headache. (LAUGHTER) Fred de Sam Lazaro: Betsy Lidster's medical challenges have been complicated by homelessness and addiction problems that date back three decades to opioids she was prescribed after a severe car accident. The ...
... plot, create chaos, and threaten the American Dream. At home, illegal immigration and fentanyl stream into our country. Inflation, still out of control. Crime and homelessness growing in our cities,” Hurd says in the video. “President Biden can’t solve these problems — or won’t. And if we nominate a ...
And we are not free yet. We have got too many disparities, I mean, the joblessness, the homelessness, the health care that some of us can get and that others can't, and climate change that we are responsible for. We're not free yet. Geoff Bennett: As part ...
... can no longer count on pandemic resources that had kept them housed, and many are finding it hard to recover because they haven't found steady work or their wages haven't kept pace with the rising cost of rent, food and other necessities. Homelessness, as a result, is rising.
... recent acts of political violence underscored the security needs of public servants. WATCH: New York mayor discusses his policy proposals aimed at combatting crime and homelessness “In the wake of the January 6th insurrection, the shootings of Congressmembers Giffords and Scalise, and almost daily threats directed at local leaders around ...
... re creating these programs that are funded by the good of people's hearts, and that's it,” Dobbins said. WATCH: What’s behind rising homelessness in America? Rocky Mountain Refuge, which opened its doors a little over a year ago, struggles to find enough funding to stay open, Hall ...
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