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... A new survey reveals 1 in 5 Los Angeles community college students are homeless A new report released last week spotlighted the high rates of homelessness and "food insecurity" among the 230,000 students enrolled in Los Angeles' community colleges, the Los Angeles Times reported. The survey found that about ...
... households. So I think it’s very, very hard, and especially in areas where education matters, it’s harder. READ MORE: The housing shortage and homelessness in San Francisco. Is there a solution? PAUL SOLMAN: It reminds me of the theme of inevitability. What’s happening is not only clustering ...
... programs, healthy eating initiatives, job fairs and food preparation courses. Public libraries are particular safe havens for those experiencing mental illness, substance use disorders and homelessness – as well as youth and recent immigrants. We should consider how the these locations are therefore already a part of our health ecosystem. Doctors ...
... Urban Affairs Committee in January, Democrats said Carson would not have been their choice, but they welcomed his promises to address lead hazards in housing, homelessness and other issues. He was approved unanimously in the committee. Carson, 65, will lead an agency with some 8,300 employees and a budget ...
... more personal. Maybe following someone like my mother. In 1980, my dad voted for Reagan, my mom voted for Carter. Within a few months, the homelessness crisis started. And so my mom went to a church, talked to everybody there and opened a shelter. That shelter is still going today ...
Though Newberry Award-winning author Jerry Spinelli has always written for kids, he's never shied away from tough topics. In his writing, Spinelli -- best known for his 1990 novel, “Maniac Magee,” which explores racism and homelessness, and his 1996 novel “Wringer,” about a boy learning to stand up to ...
... optimistic than he once was. His office now overflows with pillows and kitchenware for clients they're trying to place in housing, and he thinks homelessness and entrenched financial interests in health care are the biggest barriers. DR. JEFFREY BRENNER: I think this is going to take a lot longer ...
... mission is to go out and find as many homeless veterans that we can possibly locate and bring them in. Try to transition them from homelessness to housing, get them medical care, things that they've been doing without for so many years. I’ll have to get the make ...
... homes for all,'" Warren said. Among the dozens of questions in the letter: What does Carson think about the condition of public housing? Should ending homelessness among veterans be a priority? How would he ensure equal access to HUD programs to same-sex couples and others. Several former HUD secretaries ...
... homeless. The woman behind the Voices of Our City Choir is Steph Johnson, a jazz singer and recording artist who wanted to raise awareness of homelessness. “I thought, well, what a wonderful way to have a really wonderful, beautiful choir singing and sounding excellent and to be like, ‘Yes, and ...
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