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... is a former paralegal who suffers from autism. One is a family practice physician. A third woman is HIV-positive and has struggled with chronic homelessness. A fourth just got off government assistance and is now an executive director of a local non-profit organization. Their photos are as diverse ...
... who don't smell good, who are incontinent, who talk to themselves, those are things that could scare you, yes. But we don't criminalize homelessness in San Francisco. SPENCER MICHELS: Meanwhile, San Francisco is changing rapidly. Other older, modest neighborhoods have been gentrifying, with the poor residents moving out ...
... one of them is the socioeconomic factors that make people more vulnerable to the manipulation that comes from pimps. And that can be runaway children, homelessness, hunger, and other factors. We weren't able to touch deeply on that and that's a huge factor. I think that there is ...
... which funds the effort, is considering doubling the size of the team in the coming year. President Barack Obama's administration has pledged to eliminate homelessness among veterans by the end of 2015. And while the rate has been dropping, time is running short. So communities such as Boston are ...
Video still by PBS NewsHour Check out the excellent coverage by the reporters on the ground @yesevamoore of @FreeTimesSC. Hari Sreenivasan reported how various cities from Bogota, Columbia to Columbia, S.C. are responding to homelessness.
... available." The hopeful include John Harris III, 23, of Washington, D.C., a recent graduate of historically black Howard University who now works to reduce homelessness through the AmeriCorps program. Part of the first generation of college students who saw Obama get elected, Harris says he and many fellow black ...
... tasked Scott and her classmates with creating a product that would fill a need rather than something faddish. And in Detroit, Scott said, taking on homelessness made sense. "Once you start talking to people, no matter what you're doing, whether you're in the public schools or you're ...
A new type of financial investment being pioneered in the United Kingdom may be the key for breaking the cycle of recidivism -- and it could be coming soon to a prison near you. Paul Solman visits Riker's Island penitentiary in New York to meet participants in a program aimed at reducing the likelihood of...
Currently implemented in 44 U.S. schools, a data-driven dropout prevention program called Diplomas Now targets students who start to fall behind in middle school, and offers them nurturing, mentoring relationships. Ray Suarez reports on how a Baton Rouge middle school was able to turn itself around by adopting this approach.
Watch Poor Kids Preview on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. In Frontline's latest documentary, Poor Kids, children are all too aware of their family's financial situation. With one in five children living below the poverty line, Poor Kids explores daily life of living hand to mouth and not having enough, through the eyes of children....
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