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Boyle conducts annual homeless count
scollins@amnews.comThe annual K-Count, a survey of homeless individuals in Kentucky, was conducted from 8 a.m. Wednesday to midnight in various areas of the state, including Boyle County. Each county participates in the count, except Fayette and Jefferson because of funding...Tags: Social Issues, Rentals, Family
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As temperatures drop, be ready to help the homeless
Maryland is currently experiencing the coldest temperatures in nearly two years, with multiple days that have been well-below freezing ("Cold snap raises health concerns," Jan. 24.) As your article points out, our most vulnerable residents — the...Tags: Volunteers of America, Environmental Issues, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Social Issues, Hypothermia
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Project Homeless Connect Continues to Break Stigma of Homelessness
Channel 2 NewsThe 11th annual Project Homeless Connect kicked off Tuesday morning at the Egan Center and the mission remains the same: reducing and preventing homelessness in Anchorage. Project Homeless Connect brought various agencies under one roof to give...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Social Issues, Storrs, Family
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In The Pipeline: No simple way to help the homeless
Beach and Edinger. Warner and Gothard. Heil and Bolsa Chica. At more and more intersections, I notice them, growing in numbers. Do you? They are the forgotten and the fringe. The homeless and the hustlers. Some beg for money. Some just wander aimlessly....
Tags: Google Inc., Social Issues, Book, Authors
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Letter: Howard County homeless community is like a 'big family'
This is in response to a letter Jessica Grant wrote about the homeless facility Howard County is trying to build in North Laurel in the opinion section of the Laurel Leader (Dec. 21). First of all we cannot compare the homeless men, women and children...Tags: Ken Ulman, Social Issues
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Anchorage Homeless Get Relief with Project Homeless Connect
Channel 2 NewsHomeless advocates like Trevor Storrs, the chair of the Anchorage Coalition to Stop Homelessness, are getting ready for the 7th Annual Project Homeless Connect, where hundreds of volunteers will be providing the homeless with free services. "The whole...Tags: Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, Culture, HIV, Storrs
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What might have been: Life under President Romney
News flash: President Romney and congressional leaders met today to review the terms of the recently concluded fiscal cliff deal wherein the Bush tax cuts were extended by four years, the corporate income tax rate was reduced from 35 percent to 25...Tags: Government Health Care, American Civil Liberties Union, Medicare, Health Care Reform (2009), Consumer Confidence
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L.A. mayoral candidates explain their approaches on housing
At a time when many residents are grappling with foreclosures and rising rental costs have far outpaced growth in their incomes, the three top Los Angeles mayoral candidates promised Friday to make housing policy a central focus for their administrations....
Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Elections, Local Government, Jerry Brown, Economy, Business and Finance
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Bean's Cafe Director Jim Crockett Passed Away
Channel 2 NewsJim Crockett, the longtime director of local soup kitchen and backup homeless shelter Bean’s Café, has passed away at the age of 64. Leslie Ellis, chair of Bean’s board of directors, said Crockett died of pneumonia early Thursday. She called...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Soups, Pneumonia, Foods and Beverages
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Orlando Sentinel Family Fund: Hardship puts Sanford family on receiving end of charity
Every month, Irene Falzon's family members join their church to serve food to the homeless in downtown Orlando. Even as they help those less fortunate, they are on the receiving end of charity as well. Falzon's son and daughter are among the 549...
Tags: Healthy Diet, Holidays, Social Issues, Family
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Cold snap, far from letting up, raises health concerns
Baltimore will enter its third consecutive day below freezing Thursday, prompting health officials to warn vulnerable residents of deadly conditions, even as the region prepares for treacherous travel with light snow expected to fall early Thursday and...Tags: Baltimore Weather, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Multiple Sclerosis, Weather Warnings, Physiology
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Disabled Marylanders join class action over delayed benefits
Citing a severe and chronic backlog, advocacy groups have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the state of failing low-income and disabled Marylanders by regularly taking nearly a year to approve medical assistance applications.
The lawsuit, filed last...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Care Reform (2009), Medicaid, Laws, Diabetes
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