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  • San Francisco is cracking down on tent camps. Will Seattle do the same?

    September 20, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco

    San Francisco is following through on a controversial, aggressive plan to move people experiencing homelessness from encampments and tents, responding to complaints that the city's growing number of homeless people are a detriment to tourism and property values. Seattle, a city experiencing a similar problem, is considering the same approach because encampments have gone down by 50%, but critics say it is a compassionless approach that doesn't actually solve the problem, only move it.

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  • The radical solution to homelessness: no-strings homes

    September 12, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Finland

    Housing First is a programme aimed at reducing homeless. It is rooted in the premise that “the main thing a homeless person needs is a home. The program has been adopted in Finland, Denmark, Spain, France, and parts of the U.S. and Canada. In Finland, there is proof of results. “ Finland is the only European Union country where homelessness is not rising but falling – by an average of 35% between 2008 and 2015. “

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  • Homeless, But Part of Civic and Social Life in Montreal

    September 11, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    In Montreal, the city's multi-million dollar plan to combat homelessness includes a concerted effort to center homeless people as citizens first and foremost, deserving of social inclusion and community. To do this, Montreal has offered programs and workshops connecting the homeless to art, parks, and civic events -- but concerns about discrimination and criminalization remain.

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  • Fighting Poverty With Jobs

    August 30, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    America Works is a program that has been working to help vulnerable populations gain employment since 1984. They've helped more than 70,000 people find and keep jobs, largely in part due to their personalized approach and persistence -- even as they acknowledge the lack of a one-size-fixes-all approach.

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  • Schools Crack Down as More Students Cut Class

    August 30, 2018 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    Schools from Newark to Cleveland are trying new approaches to a longstanding problem - chronic absenteeism. Texas and Florida are offering incentives such as television and gift card raffles while Ohio is getting professional athletes to record reminders for students and New Jersey is installing washing machines on campus for use by homeless students. A Harvard professor who has studied the issue concludes, "There is no single solution."

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  • How to help homeless people – without feeding a habit

    August 29, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Oxford

    It's not uncommon for people to hesitate to give money to homeless because of an uncertainty of how the money will be spent. To address this, as well as an increasingly cashless society, an app known as Greater Change is being piloted in Oxford that "allows passersby to make donations via their phones using the QR code."

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  • Spare some change? Helping the poor in a cashless society

    August 27, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    A non-profit in Cambridge, England has created a mobile app to connect homeless people with donations, even when passersby do not carry cash they can donate. Still in its early phases, the app has helped 11 people reach their saving goals -- but critics argue that the app does little to help people see the homeless as humans, and might actually increase judgement and stigma.

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  • Portland wanted to shelter every homeless family. The plan backfired, but it offers lessons for Seattle.

    August 24, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Portland, Oregon embraced the idea of not turning anyone away from homeless shelters a couple of years ago, but the well-meaning approach quickly ballooned in costs and ultimately was unable to fulfill its promise. However, the failure provides lessons for other cities considering similar initiatives - particularly, which kind of restraints and supports must exist to make "housing as a human right" more than just a slogan.

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  • This Program Helps Homeless Students Stay in School

    August 22, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since 2007, SIMBA and ASET have connected over 1,000 homeless students living in New York City with academic resources. All students in the 2018 class graduated from high school with multiple college acceptances.

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  • In San Francisco, Opioid Addiction Treatment Offered on the Streets

    August 18, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco health workers can hand out prescriptions to opioid treatment buprenorphine on the street as part of a $6 million program called Street Medicine Team. The program aims to treat homeless, long-term drug users who don't come to clinics. So far, 20 of the first 95 patients are still in the program.

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