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Melissa Dozeman

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    Who: The homeless and housed in supportive housing populations in Los Angeles What: The costs for people that are in supportive housing are are less than the cost for those who are homeless.  When: The data was presented in June 2010. Where: The data is of Los Angeles and the surrounding area Why: The city of Los Angeles could save a large amount of money if they made more supportive housing systems to help the homeless.
Ryan Sneller

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  • Ryan Sneller on 01 Mar 11
     
    who- it is affecting many of the homeless people in ft lauderdale  what-once again, they are reaching out to the homeless, they are finding places for them that are more affordable for them to live in.  when- where- in florida, Broward county.  why- many of the homeless people did not even know that there was help available for them, there was too long of a wait, or they had bad experience before. These people are coming along to help them. 
Rick Nguyen

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Homelessness -Good Samaritan Ministries: find opportunities for the local churches to connect with people who have needs in the community -in this presentation, the way is to help provide transit...

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Emily Potts

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homelessness : Dallas Texas

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  • Emily Potts on 22 Feb 11
     
    \Who: Chronically Homeless (people who have some sort of disability, they could have substance abuse, but it must also have a disability. Living on the streets of Dallas. Hospitals, especially Psychiatric Hospitals. They are taking as many patients as they can. They are getting overflowed, though. They do not have nearly as many beds as they use to, and almost all there beds are filled constantly. If they give someone a medication, most of the time, these patients do not take it correctly:: most of them never even take it. Also, there are volunteers who walk around on the street, trying to get the serious desperate into a place (hospital, shelter, clinic...etc). Those people will give them the ride and everything. What: Many places are trying to help, hospitals, shelters and clinics. They thing is they are running out of space. Some people are turned away when there is not enough space. When psychiatric hospitals take in 1,200 homeless people in a year and many of them do not take their medication they are given, it is really hard to end the problem. (Most psychiatric hospitals, if they are very full, only take the suicidal people, or the people who say they will hurt someone else). The lives of the homeless are tough, one man with many mental problems said "Sometimes I feel like getting in a corner and crying and stuff." Where: Terrel State Hospital spent $1.7 million in 2008, just on 132 homeless people. Many of the homeless live under bridges, or just wandering around. Some even live in woods.
Austin Shumaker

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  • The Community Council conducts a yearly count in St. Charles, Warren and Lincoln counties, and this year it found 830 people living in encampments, under bridges or in abandoned buildings. That's up from 593 last year.
  • Volunteers also found that an additional 254 people were doubling up in housing with a friend or relative, and 636 were in unstable housing, meaning they are staying at one place for only a few days before moving to the next temporary lodging.
  • I know I felt that way. When I think of cities with a large number of homeless people, it's St. Louis
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  • Since 2005, the number of homeless in St. Charles, Warren and Lincoln counties has increased 121 percent. In the city of St. Louis during the same period, homelessness decreased 9 percent; this year's count found 1,350 people there.
  • Our numbers are growing, and our community is seeing an impact that we've never seen before," Kastigar said.
  • Austin Shumaker on 01 Mar 11
     
    Who- anybody. 121% of people increased to be homeless since 2005 till now. What- Loss of homes, Broken relationships,  Loss of interest for life, Lost faith, Loss of money. When- This article talks about homelessness in 2005-Now Why- Loss of money, Rich get richer,Poor get Poorer.
Emily Potts

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homelessness Dallas

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  • "We've just come to accept the fact we have homeless people roaming the streets like we have rats roaming the alleyways," said Michael Stoops, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. "We have grown accustomed to having human beings living on the streets. It's kind of a sad commentary."
  • "Generally, mental illness is something you can't cure by yourself," said John Castaneda, executive director of Turtle Creek Manor, a Dallas center that serves people with mental illnesses who also face addictions. "To say 'pull yourself up by your own bootstraps' won't work. It's impossible."
  • Some days, he walks several miles asking business owners if he can sweep their parking lots. He talks about making a little money clipping other homeless guys' hair, saying he once attended a barber college.
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  • Richard Antwine wants to get off the streets. He wants his own apartment. And he wants to work.
  • But he's up against a lot. His severe depression has left him suicidal at times. He hears those voices. He has abused cocaine and alcohol, a common escape from mental illnesses.
  • Antwine's dizzying ordeal through psychiatric hospitals, emergency rooms, boarding homes and shelters in just the last four months shows how the lack of care can doom someone to the streets.
  • Instead of going to a boarding house as planned, he ended up at The Bridge, Dallas' homeless-assistance center. Soon after, he said, he was robbed and stabbed as he searched for an East Dallas rooming house. He recovered at a Pleasant Grove boarding house but soon left over a rent dispute. From there, he went to the Salvation Army's shelter and finally to another boarding home.
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      Emily Potts on 01 Mar 11
       
      who? Who is the article about? what? What's this article talking about? What's being done about the problem? What are the lives of homeless like? when? When was this article written? What ages are affected by homelessness? why? Why was this article written? Why are people homeless? Why should we care about this issue according to this document? where? Where is this problem within the city? Where do the homeless live?
  • Emily Potts on 24 Feb 11
     
    Source Citation"Lack of housing, funding, support dooms many mentally ill residents to a life on the streets." Dallas Morning News [Dallas, TX] 3 May 2009. General Reference Center Gold. Web. 24 Feb. 2011.Document URLhttp://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=GRGM&docId=CJ198954598&source=gale&srcprod=GRGM&userGroupName=lom_accessmich&version=1.0 Gale Document Number:CJ198954598 COPYRIGHT 2009 The Dallas Morning NewsByline: Kim Horne Who: Richard Antwine: chronically homeless person who is wondering the streets. Doesn't really have a stable/good family. His sister helps sometimes, but has her own family, and he doesn't have a phone, so there is no way of contacting him. She tries to help him out sometimes.  What:  Where: When:  Why: 
Ryan Sneller

HUD AWARDS $71.3 MILLION TO ASSIST HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN FLORIDA - PART OF ADMINISTRATIO... - 0 views

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homelessness ft lauderdale

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  • U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $71,389,061 in funding to keep 321 of local homeless assistance programs in Florida operating in the coming year.
  • ing both long-term homelessness as well as families confronting a sudden economic crisis," said Donovan. "These grants are the life blood for thousands of local housing and service programs that are doing the heav
  • "These grants are the life blood for thousands of local housing and service programs that are doing the heavy lifting to meet President Obama's goal of ending homelessness."
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  • where they may access supportive services that will assist them in maintaining affordable housing
  • chronic homelessness by 2015; and to ending homelessness among children, family, and youth by 2020.
  • The plan puts the country on a path to end veterans and
  • volunteers throughout the nation counted 643,00
  • 0 homeless people during a given night in January 2009
  • 78 percent of all sheltered homeless persons are adults; 61 percent are male; 62 percent are members of a minority group; 38 percent are 31-to-50 years old; 64 percent are in one-person households, and 38 percent have a disability.
  • To date, more than 750,000 persons have been assisted through HPRP.
  • Ryan Sneller on 25 Feb 11
     
    Who-There are many people, including Pres. Obama, and this HUD organization that are addressing this problem of homelessness.  What- The HUD organization is giving money so that thousands of housing programs for the homeless can build homes for the homeless for affordable prices. When- This report was just released on January 19, 2011 Where- This is happening in florida Why-because these are the the statistics for people living in homelessness 78 percent of all sheltered homeless persons are adults;61 percent are male;62 percent are members of a minority group;38 percent are 31-to-50 years old;64 percent are in one-person households, and38 percent have a disability.
Lindsey Mast

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Broward county homelessness

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  • t provides nationwide estimates of homelessness, including information about the demographic characteristics of homeless persons, service use patterns, and the capacity to house homeless persons.
  • The AHAR Local Report is meant to be a resource for stakeholders in each community to view their data in a variety of user-friendly tables and charts. The report is based primarily on Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) data about homeless persons who used Emergency Shelter or transitional housing programs during the 12-month period between Wednesday, October 01, 2008 to Wednesday, September 30, 2009. The data are collected in four categories: Persons in Families in Emergency Shelter, Individuals in Emergency Shelter, Persons in Families in Transitional Housing, and Individuals in Transitional Housing
  • All data are based on unduplicated counts, such that each person is counted only once, regardless of how many different programs the person used. Data on length of stay represent the cumulative length of stay for each person within a particular category.
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  • 1 Families are defined as any household that includes at least one adult over 18 years old and one child who is younger than 18 years old. All other persons, including those in multi-person households consisting of only adults or only children, are reported as single individuals. 2 Other factors, such as nightly counts that far exceeded the reported number of beds in the community, may also have caused data to have been excluded from the AHAR.
  • The Estimated Homeless Counts during a One-Year Period table shows the total estimated yearly count for each reporting period, extrapolated point-in-time counts, estimated utilization and turnover rates, and estimated counts by household type. Further explanation of the extrapolated counts can be found in the Detailed Derivation of Estimated Homeless Counts table. This table explains the steps used to derive the extrapolated counts and includes both a description and source for where the data comes from. The Year (2009) to Year (2008) Estimated Homeless Counts during a One-Year Period table shows the percentage change of the 2009 community data compared to 2008 community data. Further explanation of the extrapolated counts can be found in the Year (2009) to Year (2008) Detailed Derivation of Estimated Homeless Counts table.
  • including rape crisis centers, battered women’s shelters, domestic violence transitional housing programs, and other programs whose primary mission is to provide services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. This report also does not include those who were living in places not meant for human habitation, such as on the street, in hotels or motels, or in doubled-up living situations, unless these persons also used emergency shelter or transitional housing.
  • Ryan Sneller on 27 Feb 11
     
    Who- The homeless in Brower County What-Homeless people in ft lauderdale statistics  When-9/30/2009 Where- Brower County, Ft Lauderdale
  • Lindsey Mast on 28 Feb 11
     
    Who-  What- When- September 30, 2009 is when this was written. Older people are affected.  Why- Where- 
Isaac Boes

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  • One challenge for MDHA in August of 2010 is caring for hundreds upon hundreds of homeless people each day who are well equipped to live successfully in supportive housing with none available. They wait in long lines to get food and medical care and end each day in crowded homeless shelters. Another challenge is being able to respond effectively to some neighbors in North Oak Cliff who find it counter-intuitive that formerly homeless people can recover and be positive neighbors. To move forward with what we believe is "doing the right thing" and  adhere to what to us seems very clear in terms of the rights of the disabled-- and simultaneously anger good people who believe differently is not easy. However it is easy for advocates to be perceived as cavalier or self righteous if they do their job with integrity. The reality is that there are countless neighborhood associations; there is but one homeless alliance. And we need to speak for the homeless first.
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    Who What When Where Why
Patrick Lobbes

Homeless in Los Angeles: Supporting the mission of Bring LA Home! - 0 views

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    who-Bring L.A. Home ministries What-they have a 10 year plan to end homeless ness Where-L.A. When-2003 Why-to get the 84,000 homeless people off the streets by 2016
Katrina Genzink

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  • Homelessness in Dallas County increased 1 percent -- to 5,750 -- during another year of difficult economic times, according to a new survey by the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance.
  • The number of people considered chronically homeless dropped 14 percent. And the number of families on the street also dropped.
  • "We're trying to end chronic homelessness, and we got that number to go down significantly this year," said Mike Rawlings, a businessman who serves as Dallas' homeless czar. He attributed the success to new permanent supportive housing programs that provide apartments and services, such as mental health care.
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  • everal developers have attempted to build that type of low-income housing but were defeated by neighborhood opposition. A few new proposals are in the works or have recently opened.
  • Dallas' overall increase was much lower than that of many big U.S. cities.
  • In the Dallas County survey, people gave a variety of reasons for being homeless: job loss, substance abuse, family violence, mental illness, medical disability, eviction and legal problems.
  • The survey showed that about 1,800 people became homeless in the past year, many of them single adult men.
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    Who:  What: When: Where: Why:
Kaylee Worsley

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  • 169 school-age children and their parents living in 18 emergency homeless family shelters in Los Angeles County
  • (78%) of homeless children suffered from either depression, a behavioral problem, or severe academic delay.
  • Among children having a problem, only one third of the parents were aware of any problem, and few of those children (15%) had ever received mental health care or special education
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  • Almost all school-age sheltered homeless children in Los Angeles County have symptoms of depression, a behavioral problem, or academic delay severe enough to merit a clinical evaluation, yet few receive specific care
Kaylee Worsley

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  • In the last three years, Chrysalis has assisted more than 1,500 people in finding jobs.
  • Chrysalis spends an average of $688 on each of their homeless clients to help them find jobs. By contrast, welfare pays approximately $300 every month to a person on general relief.
  • Rents range from $225 to $235 a month
  • Kaylee Worsley on 25 Feb 11
     
    Who: The people of Los Angeles What: Local agency risks to reduce homelessness in Los Angeles When: June 14 Where:  Los Angeles Why: People of Los Angeles are getting homes from the state and they are helping them find homes.
Sarah Vroon

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Los Angeles Skid Row Homelessness

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  • The Los Angeles Business Leaders Task Force on Homelessness was created in 2009 by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Greater Los Angeles.
  • Our chronically homeless constitute only 25 percent of our homeless population yet, for good reasons, they consume up to 74 percent of the total we spend.
  • political experts, housing providers, police and executives who created a jobs program for formerly homeless individuals.
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  • In greater Los Angeles, we spend at least $875 million on homelessness every year.
  • The task force walked Skid Row and met with successful supportive housing developers and the once-homeless residents the developers' housing supports.
  • Our region remains the homeless capital of the nation, and our population of chronic and veteran homeless remains essentially constant.
  • We can end chronic and veteran homelessness in greater Los Angeles in five years and spend less than we do now.
  • Why are 22 successful business leaders willing to tackle a seemingly insurmountable problem? Because the diminution of our community and its inhabitants must end, because this problem is not insurmountable and, in fact, will be solved, because taking care of our neighbors is our social responsibility.
  • Sarah Vroon on 25 Feb 11
     
    Who? This article talks about how 22 business leaders in Los Angeles thought of a plan to end homelessness in their community. The plan will take 5 years and cost the city less then what they are paying for the homeless now. What? The city currently spends at the least $874 million on the homeless each year. The plan that these business people have thought of will take 5 years and cost the city less the the $874 million they are spending now. Los Angeles is the homeless capital of our nation and their numbers of homeless people remain constant. These business leaders are doing this because they feel it is their call to take care of their neighbors. They want to help the people that live in their city. When? This article was written on November 15, 2010 and published in the Los Angeles Business Journal.  Why? This article was written because the business leaders wanted to let the people know what was happening and to tell them their plan. They also wanted people to get involved in helping their cause. They feel like its their social responsibility to help these people in their city, and they are hoping that others see that as well. Where? There are homeless people living everywhere in Los Angeles, but mostly in Skid Row. The 22 leaders traveled though Skid Row and talked with supportive housing developers and homeless people who now live in a support house.
Melissa Dozeman

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Los Angeles Homelessness

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  • The mayor was reacting to the bald truth of a report released Thursday, based on what officials called the most comprehensive census and survey of homelessness in Los Angeles County, that found 88,345 homeless people in the city and surrounding communities.
  • For one thing, he had made a campaign promise to increase the supply of affordable housing and recently pledged $50 million for a trust fund that has helped finance more than 3,500 units for the poor since 2002. Only about 12 percent of the households in the county can afford the median home price, about $500,000.
  • The Los Angeles County government has allocated $25 million for increased emergency shelters, which advocates for the homeless say are badly needed; there are 18,000 homeless shelter beds, which critics call paltry considering the much higher number of homeless people.
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  • The report said 49 percent of the population was chronically homeless, meaning they had a physical or mental disability and had been living in a shelter or in and out of them for at least a year. The median age of the homeless was 43, and nearly 39 percent of the homeless were black. Twenty-nine percent were white and 25 percent Hispanic.
  • Melissa Dozeman on 25 Feb 11
     
    Who: The mayor of Los Angeles talks about the state of homelessness in Los Angeles and the task he proposes to take to fix it. What: He made a campaign that would increase the amount of available housing. When:The mayor announced this campaign January 15, 2006. Where: This campaign will affect Los Angeles. Why: The immense homeless population has stirred government officials to help the situation.
alex hinga

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Homelessness and washington d.c.

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    Who? - Young parents and veterans What? - The article is talking about the homeless in washington d.c., where they live and what causes them to be homeless When? - It was written in 2009 why? People are homeless because of unemployment, housing costs and poverty. where? - Some live near the General Service Administration building, and some live right in the shadows of the white house.
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