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... for the poor. In a letter delivered Monday, the White House reminded lawmakers of recent rioting in Baltimore's poorest neighborhoods and said the measure would "set back our efforts to end homelessness and shortchange housing support for very low-income households, including families with children, the elderly and disabled."
... he’s ok, don’t mess with him. HARI SREENIVASAN: Willard has been working in Sandtown for the past eight years. Helping people out of homelessness and drug addiction, and coming to understand the depths of their anger. REV. JOHN WILLARD: The people in this community feel hunted, they’re ...
... neighborhoods Newborn Holistic Ministries has been serving Baltimore for nearly 20 years. This Baltimore-bred organization runs a recovery program for women overcoming addiction and homelessness. It also revitalizes vacant and dilapidated buildings, turning them into gardens and murals for the community. “When you have a community-driven effort, it ...
... for turnaround, a 12-year-old’s fragile success Metropolitan’s required course for ninth-graders addresses some of the students’ most potent problems, from homelessness to gun violence to drug addiction. By bringing experiences into the open and allowing all the teens to hear what others have been through ...
... men facing adversity. Riley Beres, a 17-year-old senior at Port of Los Angeles High School in San Pedro, California, summarizes her investigation of homelessness in Los Angeles with her "sockumentary." She created Socks for Souls, Inc., to help those experiencing hardship, one pair of socks at a time ...
... account. I didn't have to worry about nothin',” David told Making Sen$e last week. “People think that ‘oh, it's a joke,’ it's [homelessness is] not gonna happen to 'em. … It did happen to me. I never thought it would.” Like millions of Americans, David took out a ...
... District. Here in the church’s meeting room, the volunteers listen to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser optimistically declare that the city will end chronic homelessness while members of HUD rev up the crowd. We pack up to head out. Volunteers are armed with down jackets, granola bars, maps, surveys ...
... She is also a member of DPL's Homeless Services Action Committee, formed to explore ways the library can improve customer service to those experiencing homelessness and to educate library staff about the unique issues they face. SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Watch the PBS NewsHour report on San Francisco Public ...
On Monday, the National Center on Family Homelessness released a report that said one in 30 children, or roughly 2.5 million kids, are homeless in America. That’s an increase of eight percent from their 2012-2013 findings.
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