City Is Ordered Not to Use Jail as a Shelter _____________________________________________________ By LESLIE KAUFMAN - The New York Times - August 31, 2002 ...
Shelter grows by nearly 1,000 beds The gap between available beds and the homeless who needed them widened this summer, as the MASH Village operators closed...
Camp Care-A-Lot Sponsored by the Youth Council for the Homeless of Bergen County, accommodates the children of the working poor and fills the summer vacation...
'Faith-Based' Initiative To Get Push Bush to Implement Parts of Proposal _____________________________________________ By Mike Allen - Washington Post - August...
Scott man elected American Legion's new chief Long an advocate for homeless and sick veterans, elected as national commander of the 2.8 million-member American...
Baby found dead in tub at shelter _____________________________________ The New York Daily News - August 30, 2002 Authorities were awaiting the results of an...
Economy Dips While Welfare Drops in Cities _________________________________________________________ By LESLIE KAUFMAN - The New York Times - August 31, 2002 ...
Charity chief comes to city's defense New leader says track record with homeless has been good __________________________________________ By Ed Koch - Las...
Retirements Lead Suffolk To Shift Jobs To Fill Posts As Social Services Commissioner DeMarzo said her main goals in the new post would be to monitor the...
Housing measure broadens assistance eligibility __________________________________________________ By Jim Brunner - The Seattle Times - September 01, 2002 On...
Midnight deadline driving deal on budget If not, disabled will be first to feel the fiscal ax ... Homeless: On a 23-9 vote, the Senate sent the governor a bill...
Where the homeless get help The place was a small, safe space for the homeless in Walnut Creek. In its small way, the program called Fresh Start has much to...
Two homeless men attacked near Burien; one dies ________________________________________________ By Gina Kim - The Seattle Times - September 01, 2002 BURIEN...
Cuts in human services inhumane But balancing the budget at the expense of the working poor, children, homeless and seniors will compromise the health of King...
Woman faces eviction after refusing to buy Habitat for Humanity home ________________________________________________ By Staff Writers - Kansas City Star -...
OUR MAN IN SACRAMENTO John Burton is pushy, profane, pugnacious - and powerful ______________________________________________________________ Robert Salladay,...
Homelessness isn't the problem __________________________________________________________ BY PAUL MCCONNELL - San Francisco Examiner - August 30, 2002 THE...
Storefront scam on Sixth He said his shop caters to the homeless, selling them cheap jewelry and fake luxury watches so they can make money by reselling them...
A River-Borne Clinic for the Needy Finds Itself in Search of an Anchor ____________________________________________________ By DENNY LEE - The New York Times -...
Homeless People to Contribute to WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development Councillor Judith Briggs comments: "It is highly ironic that to make Johannesburg...
People living in their cars leave behind a lot of trash _____________________________________________________ By June Watanabe - Honolulu Star Bulletin -...
Mutual Interest program gives tenants new lease on life ___________________________________________________ By Elizabeth Rhodes - Seattle Times - September 1,...
HIV-positive females face different challenges Care services fail to meet rising rate - 30 percent of HIV patients in Massachusetts are women - up from 10...
Parents, teens bridge gap with Cocoon House's aid ___________________________________________________ By Sharon Salyer - The Daily Herald - September 2, 2002 ...
Lawmakers' lackluster session drags to an end -- Housing bond -- Provides $2.1 billion for various programs to aid first- time home buyers and provide...
Louisville, Ky., Named a Community Partner in National Initiative to Increase Treatment for Substance Use Disorders "Healing Place" to expand an existing peer...
Former Durham Inn changes hands To be used for a training center and shelter for homeless families. _____________________________________________________ From...