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"Golden Girls" find community and safety in Western Slope shelter

Nancy Lofholm

November 28, 2022 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Grand Junction, Colorado

The Golden Girls shelter has been providing meals, medical aid, and other support services for women with children who are experiencing homelessness. Since the Golden Girls living space opened, the program has served a total of 50 women ranging in age from the early 50s to late 70s. While at the shelter, staff members help them complete paperwork so they can receive Social Security payments, pensions, or alimony, and apply for affordable housing. They’re also provided medical care, counseling, and assistance finding jobs.

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In Portland's Self-Governed Dignity Village, The Unhoused Make Their Own Rules

Roshan Abraham

November 17, 2022 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Dignity Village is a self-governed community in Portland, Oregon, where people experiencing homelessness can live as long as they want. The village houses 65-80 people who pay $75 a month and put in 10 hours of community-related work a week to live there.

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In New York, ‘Housing First' Approach Helps Unhoused People Find Stability

Meryl Davids Landau

November 17, 2022 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, New York

HousingPlus, a New York nonprofit, uses a housing-first approach to help women experiencing homelessness. They offer the women and their children a permanent home at a reduced rent rate based on their income, and the nonprofit covers the rest through different funding streams. The approach is intended to give women stability so they can work on other tasks like finding employment, treating addiction, or improving their mental health.

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DC receives funds to help homeless students. Why are so many schools missing out?

Kaela Roeder Amanda Michelle Gomez

November 16, 2022 |

Street Sense Media |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 allows the U.S. Department of Education to provide states, including D.C., funding to support equal access to public education for homeless children and their families. McKinney-Vento dollars are often scarce, so other solutions, like The American Rescue Plan and creative efforts from educators, are also helping students and families in need access the necessary resources to get an education.

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Home in Mooresville opens its doors to offer hope to women and children without a home

Fred Shropshire

November 15, 2022 |

WCNC-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Mooresville, North Carolina

Hope of Mooresville takes a non-judgemental approach to help women and children experiencing homelessness by providing a safe, dignified space to live in while helping them find permanent housing and employment.

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In the Sacramento area, when affordable housing is done well, it changes lives

Joan Cusick

November 10, 2022 |

Sacramento News & Review |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Affordable housing communities serve various low-income populations from seniors to veterans to minorities and families. Gaining a safe and affordable place to live — with rent capped at 30% of their gross income — can help turn people’s lives around as affordable housing communities like Hope Cooperative connects residents with services like healthcare, job, and life skills to get back on their feet.

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How Nonprofits Enrol Children From Streets To Schools In South-West Nigeria

Oluwatosin Ologun

November 02, 2022 |

The News Digest Press |

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Response Location: Nigeria

To combat the high number of children who cannot attend school due to poverty, the Destiny Trust provides homeless, out-of-school children in Nigeria with food, school supplies, and access to shelter.

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Four WA communities tried to end youth homelessness. One is seeing success

Greg Kim

October 28, 2022 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

Washington’s Anchor Community Initiative helps youth experiencing homeless by improving communities’ response systems with better data, more funding, and better connecting community organizations and specialists.

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Affordable Housing for LGBTQ+ Seniors

Vicki Gonzalez

October 25, 2022 |

CapRadio |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Mutual Housing California opened Lavender Courtyard, a 53-unit affordable housing complex, with the goal of providing a welcoming and safe place for LGBTQ+ seniors who often face discrimination. Approximately half of the tenants are LGBTQ+, and residents say the project has given them a place to find community and feel safe being themselves.

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Could farming bring solutions to homelessness across the country?

Jessie Cohen

October 24, 2022 |

KSHB-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

The Green Phoenix Farm is a job training program for women who have experienced homelessness and offers them employment, mentorship, and advocacy. In 2021, the farm produced $110,000 worth of value off of .8 acres under cultivation, which is 17 times the economic output of an average vegetable farm in the United States.

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