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... 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 ...
... emotional distress but saving lives. Without support and treatment, Olson-Kennedy said, trans kids are a risk for almost everything: depression, self harm, substance abuse, homelessness, HIV and suicide. Athena Fenstermacher was born male, but identified as a girl from her earliest days. “As soon as she could pick colors ...
... mental health provisions “necessary and promising.” He said he appreciated the bill’s focus on “preventing the most horrific consequences of untreated mental illness,” including homelessness, incarceration and suicide. The bill generally requires states to use at least 10 percent of their mental health block grants on early intervention for ...
... our time to be paid equally, and it was our time a long time ago. GENEVA VANHORN, Trumbull Career & Technical Center, Ohio: I believe that homelessness is something that we need to address in the upcoming election. I believe that we need to help people who have lower privileges get ...
... despite going without offers for two days. Police complain that the seasonal nature of the farming means that many job-seekers go without work, exacerbating homelessness. They also worry about the risk of people driving under the influence of marijuana. Law enforcement officials are urging voters to reject the measure ...
The biggest challenge for these college students may not be exams or papers, but finding the means to survive. While the University of California system has worked to bring in more first-generation and “non-traditional” students, helping them stay, succeed and meet basic needs like getting enough food requires greater investment. Jeffrey Brown reports from Berkeley,...
The camp, located in northern France, has become a hub for migrants hoping to cross the English channel into the U.K. and is home to as many as 10,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East.
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