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Fueled by job losses and low wages, homelessness among families rises

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Posted on August 21, 2008 - 6:54pm at Stone Soup Station
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I originally saw this posted on FARK under the "stupid" category....It is unbelievable to me the callous disregard for humanity so many in our country have.

"But taxpayers and people who care about homelessness should take a deeper look at these numbers, both locally and nationwide. I

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Posted on August 15, 2008 - 7:04am at Stone Soup Station
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I've been warning peeps not to get to caught up in the celebratory "homelessness is ending" party that seems to have erupted as a direct result of the recent stats arising from the new HMIS database tallies.

Our government officials - especially this particular group of current "leaders" - have a very bad habit

"...impacts of the housing and foreclosure crisis are being felt in K-12 classrooms and communities across the country."

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Posted on July 12, 2008 - 11:56am at Stone Soup Station
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If this trend continues - and it almost certainly will - it looks like the health department's proposed new effort at vaccinations and health screenings for homeless kids is going to be much more needed than originally thought....

"The good news is that the needs of homeless children are being better met by school districts. Therefore, there is less of a ne

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Posted on July 12, 2008 - 8:40am at Stone Soup Station
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I'm not so sure I would agree with Mr. Elliot's analysis here.

"I want my husband and my children and me to go to the shelters and bring cake and make it these kids' special day,"

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Posted on June 1, 2008 - 3:54pm at Stone Soup Station
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For all the rhetoric about "protecting the children," you'd think that we'd never allow a child to be homeless here in America. Think again....

Where's the outrage?

We have to do something better, or those children will wind up being raised on the street and by the street.''

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Posted on March 15, 2008 - 5:30pm at Stone Soup Station
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So long as something like this doesn't degenerate into "gladiator schools" for the residents, there may be some validity to using boarding schools in this manner. The key of course will be effective leadership and attention to the needs of the kids.

" There are poems about fictitious fatal car accidents, sketches of mug shots, talk of sex and drug addiction and abuse and suic

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Posted on December 27, 2007 - 8:38am at Stone Soup Station
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Thank the Gods for Nashville's Oasis Center and the great outreach team that works with Homeless youth, Ben and Jen. They are out on the street damned near every day, trying to help Nashville's homeless kids get some positive things going in their lives, and trust me, it is not an easy job, but it certainly has "reward potential" that blows the lid off of most of my own work.

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