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... the street. Today, we're looking, tragically, at about 40,000. But cities that you know very well, Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans, have eliminated veterans homelessness by getting in partnership not only with the VA, but with charities and non-governmental organizations. Most of our homelessness is concentrated in one ...
... son's security. First and foremost, you must reassure your child that they are safe. That reassurance is getting harder to give in Oregon, where homelessness is on the rise and the Department of Education reported a record number of homeless students.I understand the impulse to reassure our kids ...
... ongoing arts and culture series, Canvas. Jeffrey Brown: New York City's East Village, in the 1970s and '80s, it was known for drugs, crime, homelessness and a vibrant experimental music and art scene. The heartbeat of it all, Tompkins Square Park. Michael Holman: It was like a real central ...
... their pets. Shantae Smith is one of the count's coordinators. Shantae Smith: We heard about the increasing number of pets on the streets experiencing homelessness with their humans. So we started asking the question. Samie Gebers: They wanted to find out about the number of pets on the streets ...
... t stay if they don't have a place to live. Alicia Menendez: But the need here is greater than the land trust can meet. Homelessness is a real problem here. Stephanie Kaple, who works with people experiencing homelessness in Key West, says Hurricane Irma only exacerbated the problem. Stephanie ...
... troops at the border. Newsom's speech also detailed his ambitious policy goals for the state. He announced the creation of the new Commission on Homelessness & Supportive Housing to address what he said is a moral issue that has become a public health crisis. His administration recently sued the Orange ...
... including the many dedicated people who provide the vital services on which we all rely." While $25 million will be used for grants to address homelessness, including money to provide legal help to those facing eviction, Microsoft isn't simply giving away the rest of the money. Instead, it will ...
... record. Matthew: It's kind of a roadblock to securing employment. Tina Martin: Like all the defendants in this courtroom, Matthew was homeless or facing homelessness. Defendants have to show they have tried to get their lives back together, everything from drug rehab to job training. Kathleen Coffey: You don ...
... group called LAPD, in this case, the Los Angeles Poverty Department. The 46-year-old Vossough is a longtime musician who fell into addiction and homelessness and has lived in Skid Row shelters and housing for four years. He's now back in school and back to taking lessons and ...
... huge crisis in a number of coastal states, big urban cores, places like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York. Amna Nawaz: Yes. Reid Wilson: Homelessness is on the rise. And so states are now typically getting into the housing market. California is trying to address its -- sort of where ...
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