Monthly Archives: March 2012

An issue for Savannah to discuss too?: Boulder: Heaven for the homeless, or a town that’s short on services? – Boulder Daily Camera

Posted on March 26, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Some of the recent issues surrounding the homeless have brought up a broader question of whether Boulder is a city that is friendly to the nearly 1,000 people every night who have no place to go. Opinions on the matter … Continue reading →

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Here’s some great info on Housing First in New Orleans (from a conference & article): Housing First model of addressing homelessness is discussed | NOLA.com

Posted on March 23, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

There’s a homelessness conference going on in New Orleans on homelessness while this post is being written & one of the topics is “Housing First“! A local newspaper reporter wrote an article about how it works in New Orleans! Here’s … Continue reading →

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A discussion on the Faith Community doing more to end homelessness & support the poor: Faith Leaders Blast House GOP Budget As ‘Immoral Disaster’ That ‘Robs The Poor’ | ThinkProgress

Posted on March 22, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Faith Leaders Blast House GOP Budget As ‘Immoral Disaster’ That ‘Robs The Poor’ | ThinkProgress. They didn’t get the message from the faith community last time! Do we think it’ll be different this time? What do they expect from the … Continue reading →

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Homeless Entrepreneurs find a way to move out of their homelessness, start business in a shelter!: Rosenblum: A new business grows in an unlikely place | StarTribune.com

Posted on March 21, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Rosenblum: A new business grows in an unlikely place | StarTribune.com. Now here’s how a homeless entrepreneur quickly gets a business launched, on his way to getting housed with an income that can sustain himself! He actually launched this business … Continue reading →

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Is this a street model for engaging the street homeless & helping to end their struggles?: Fighting homelessness in Atlantic City a constant battle for cop, social worker – pressofAtlanticCity.com: Atlantic County News

Posted on March 21, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Fighting homelessness in Atlantic City a constant battle for cop, social worker – pressofAtlanticCity.com: Atlantic County News. Here are some quotes from the article that should set the tone for our outreach to the Police to find better ways to … Continue reading →

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Announcement: A series on homeless living in a shelter, please follow: Faces of Homelessness: A Night at the Shelter – Burke, VA Patch

Posted on March 13, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

This series (from Fairfax, VA) seems worth following! We need to understand the shelter system & match our (Savannah’s) approaches to those of others & do a gap analysis! More is coming with models we’ve found that take the shelter … Continue reading →

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How to allocate inventory in a Housing First Model, some thoughts: Who’s more vulnerable? Index guides housing plan

Posted on March 6, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Here’s an article we just found from about 2 years ago where Portland was dealing with the issue of “… who should get 130 apartments”! This seems worth reading as we look in Savannah to figure out why we should be … Continue reading →

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Have you played the game of being homeless yet? ABCNews did this story: The Conversation: Homeless Simulation Game Forces Players to Confront Tough Choices – ABC News

Posted on March 2, 2012 by homelessnessinsavannah

Here’s a story from a little over a year ago about a game that was put together to simulate homelessness (the real organization who put it together is presented too) – people are asked to think about the issues that … Continue reading →