To Address Unsheltered Homelessness, Shelter and Housing Must Be Connected

Reposted from the National Alliance to End Homelessness The Official Blog of the National Alliance to End Homelessness Written by Steve Berg July 9, 2018 This post is part of Unsheltered, an Alliance blog series to explore the crisis of unsheltered homelessness in the United States. You can catch up on the whole series here. Quickly getting people into housing is one central function of a homelessness system. But when unsheltered homelessness starts to rise, communities…

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ENDING HOMELESSNESS TODAY

Reposted from the National Alliance to End Homelessness Why We Can’t Address Unsheltered Homelessness Without Good Journalism The Official Blog of the National Alliance to End Homelessness Written by Tom Murphy June 28, 2018 This post is part of Unsheltered, an Alliance blog series to explore the crisis of unsheltered homelessness in the United States. You can catch up on the whole series here. If you’re watching closely today, you may notice something important. For the third…

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Homelessness – Out of the Shadows

Anita, a 43-year old mother of two, dreaded nightfall almost every day of 2016. In the fall of the previous year, two life-changing crises hit her and her girls. First, her 10-year old daughter fell seriously ill, requiring several hospitalizations. Between days spent at the hospital and subsequently caring for her child at home, Anita lost her job due to excessive absenteeism. By January, she and her girls were evicted from their apartment and were…

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Samuel’s Story

Images courtesy of Jerry Drisaldi, Zaldi Photography, LLC. used with permission. Visit site here. In the System Samuel was born in Grady Memorial Hospital and raised in Atlanta. At eighteen, he was arrested, tried and convicted of auto theft. After serving two years of his sentence, he was released on good behavior. Two years later, he was arrested again, this time for five counts of armed robbery. Again, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced, beginning a…

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4 Ways to Help Homeless in Winter

  This winter, over 5400 people in the metro Atlanta area will be living on the street. While many places around the City of Atlanta open various shelters when the temperature is near or below freezing, people will be turned away for lack of beds leaving many unsheltered. Here are four ways that you can help unsheltered homeless this winter. 1. Donate A great way to help the homeless is to help the organizations that…

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