Alaska
Crackdown on Homeless Camps as well as Solutions - October 14, 2009
by Christina Grande; KTVA
After more than a dozen homeless deaths this past summer and tent cities sprouting up all over town, advocates gathered to find a solution before the cold winter hits… Read more
Arizona
112 homeless families move into new Phoenix shelter - October 11, 2009
by Katrina Wessman; KNXV-TV(ABC 15)
An opening ceremony and ribbon cutting marked a historic day in Phoenix on Saturday as 112 homeless families were moved into a new shelter… Read more
California
Tulare County tent city to be dismantled - October 9, 2009
San Jose Mercury News; Associated Press
Residents of neighboring properties have complained as the encampment has grown over the last year because of the recession. There’s no water at the site and no garbage pickup. More than 200 homeless people will be relocated as Visalia officials dismantle an encampment along the St. Johns River… Read more
Finding Shelter in Tough Times - October 12, 2009
by Nancy Pasternack; Marysville Appeal-Democrat
In a region that suffers from one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, addressing problems of homelessness has become an increasingly grim task… Read more
East Village to house winter homeless shelter - October 13, 2009
San Diego News Network
One of two locations in downtown San Diego’s East Village will be the site of the city’s 220-bed temporary winter homeless shelter, the City Council decided today… Read more
Florida
‘Tent City’ of Homeless Is Rejected in Florida - October 13, 2009
by Damien Cave and Lynn Waddell
When retirees say they have bought guns to protect themselves from a plan to house the homeless a quarter mile from their neighborhood, Florida politicians pay attention. When 200 people show up at a 9 a.m. meeting, some wearing yellow T-shirts that say “no tent city,” elected officials tend to go along… Read more
Hawaii
Homeless in Hawaii - October 15, 2009
by Sarah Ruppenthal; Maui Weekly
State, county statistics and personal testimonies from homeless individuals indicate a rapidly growing crisis compounded by economic uncertainties. “I was ashamed at first, but then I saw I wasn’t alone.” … Read more
Massachusetts
Middleboro schools face high cost to bus homeless students - October 10, 2009
By Alice C. Elwell; Wicked Local Middleboro
As the number of homeless families in town skyrockets, the schools are struggling under an agreement that holds it responsible for half the transportation cost to shuttle the students back to their hometown schools… Read more
Minnesota
For the homeless, lines are long and beds are scarce - October 13, 2009
by Mary Lynn Smith; Minneapolis Star Tribune
The line of 40 to 50 men wrapped along the side of the church and into the alley as they waited for their chance at a place to sleep – a lottery for a mat on the floor of a church… Read more
Montana
Homeless in Helena - October 11, 2009
by Martin J. Kidston; Helena Independent Record
On his 59th birthday, Jeff McClun stood on the corner of Wal-Mart holding a cardboard sign saying anything helps. His beard flashed gray in the sun and his homemade cane, topped with a polished antler, rested at his side… Read more
Nevada
Fundraiser aims to lift spirits of city’s homeless teens - October 12, 2009
by Tiffany Gibson; Las Vegas Sun
The underlying theme of this year’s third annual H.O.P.E. for the Holidays event was homelessness is not a choice. Kelly Robson, director of the Help of Southern Nevada Youth Center, said if teenagers leave home to get away from a bad situation, it’s not their choice to become homeless… Read more
New York
One in five kids is homeless at PS 636 but after-school program makes them feel at home - October 12, 2009
by Meredith Kolodner; NY Daily News
Budget cuts forced many schools to ax after-school programs, but almost every child at one Brooklyn school is dancing, cooking, fencing or building robots until 6 p.m. Parents at Public School 636, where one in five kids is homeless and living at one of 10 area shelters, say the after-school program has transformed their lives… Read more
Homeless record in NYC shelters - October 14, 2009
by David Seifman; New York Post
The number of homeless sheltered by the city reached an all-time high of 39,243 last month, advocates reported yesterday. In releasing the figures, the Coalition for the Homeless called on the administration to give priority to the homeless for federal housing programs and to expand the number of shelter beds… Read more
Ohio
Poverty in Ohio spreading and getting worse - October 1, 2009
by Catherine Candisky and Alan Johnson
rushing job losses and rising unemployment pushed nearly one in five Marion County residents into poverty last year, the highest rate among the state’s larger counties, according to new U.S. Census statistics… Read more
Texas
Number of homeless students soaring - October 13, 2009
by Nancy Preyer-Johnson
Public schools are used to dealing with children in poverty, but this school year, San Antonio school districts are seeing more children than ever from families that have gone from struggling to put food on the table to keeping a roof over their heads. School social workers say the increases are extreme… Read more
Washington
Families, Cities Too Poor to Bury Dead - October 11, 2009
by Mike Brody; KAYU Fox 28
Bodies of dead people from poor families are piling up in morgues around the country as some states, counties and private funeral homes claim they can’t afford to help the families bury their loved ones… Read more
