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Helping Eradicate Homelessness
Providers of homeless services, community volunteers, police and the Harford County Government will come together Thursday, Jan. 24, in a coordinated effort to conduct a one-day count of homeless people living in Harford County. Like many communities,...Tags: The Salvation Army, Mental Health, Employment Opportunities, Social Issues, Business Enterprises
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Baltimore has its first 'street newspaper' run by homeless
Bonnie Lane stands in front of Baltimore's City Hall, arms crossed, lips pursed, on a mission. Her stance is memorialized in a photo and article on the pages of Word on the Street, the fledgling newspaper she helped launch nearly a year ago. The...
Tags: Poverty, Rentals, Teaching and Learning, Social Sciences, Newspaper and Magazine
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New United Way program prevents homelessness — in time for Christmas
A few months ago, things were looking bleak for Brooklyn Homes resident Christina Stocks.
The 27-year-old single mother of two took a pay cut at work and fell behind in her rent payments. She was facing eviction — and a Christmas on the streets....Tags: Rentals, United Way , Social Issues, Religious Festivals, Holidays
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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: Weather Warnings, Baltimore Weather, National Weather Service, Hypothermia, Conservation
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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: Employment Opportunities, Health Care Reform (2009), Conservation, Personal Income, Environmental Issues
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Midwest bundles up as bitter cold grips region
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Homeless people scrambled to find shelter, schools shut down and plumbers wrestled with frozen pipes Tuesday as the upper Midwest endured a third straight day of bitter cold temperatures. Waves of frigid Arctic air began...
Tags: Des Plaines, Willis Tower, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Drug overdoses top AIDS as main cause of homeless deaths
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - Overdoses of drugs, particularly prescription pain-killers and heroin, have overtaken AIDS to become the leading cause of death of homeless adults, according to a study of homeless residents of Boston released on Monday. The finding...Tags: AIDS, Methamphetamine (drug), Arthritis, Internal Medicine, Heart Disease
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Winter Relief offers the homeless comfort in the cold
A year ago, if you'd asked David Moore to generalize about homeless people, he'd have said most were probably addicted to drugs or alcohol, lacking in ambition and unworthy of the general public's trust. Then he became homeless himself. "I'll be honest...Tags: Social Issues, New Year's Day, Annapolis, Glen Burnie, David H. Moore
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Homeless rights bill is wrong
Several weeks ago, state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) proposed a sweeping set of protections for the homeless that have sparked almost as much controversy as the homeless themselves. The Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Fairness Act, as...
Tags: Tom Ammiano, Mental Health, Social Issues, Tom Ammiano
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Helping the homeless, one small grant at a time
Sherri Ingram-Hudgins steps into the homeless resource center on U.S. 1 in Jessup on the cold, rainy afternoon after Christmas, just about two years to the day since she began her effort to help people living on the margins. The place has been open more...Tags: Elections, Lobbying, Voting, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics
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Carol Walter: A Relentless Advocate For Poor, Homeless In Connecticut
The Hartford CourantCarol Walter had developed a national profile in the drive to end homelessness — not by promoting larger shelters and bigger programs, but by returning people as quickly as possible to a home of their own. "She was a relentless and fearless leader...Tags: AIDS, Manhattan (New York City), West Hartford, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Making the streets a little less mean
David Busch, the creator of an improvised public toilet — consisting of a bucket, soapy water and a tent for privacy — was arrested in April on charges of public nuisance and leaving property on the sidewalk. A homeless man and self-styled...
Tags: Lobbying, Social Issues, Politics, Substance Abuse, Bill Rosendahl
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Dec 30, 2012
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