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"Given the length of time people are stuck in tents, shelters and trailers, having some privacy and more than one room is a nice

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Posted on September 16, 2008 - 8:28am at Stone Soup Station
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While this is a great idea for mass disaster displacement, it appears it would also be at least a reasonable solution to providing uinexpensive and rapid "transitional" housing for folks who are experiencing homelessness.

Homelessness: “It’s one of the saddest things that we deal with, and it’s entirely the result of inadequate funding.”

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Posted on September 16, 2008 - 7:05am at Stone Soup Station
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But we can toss away trillions on a war we were lied into....

"Housing First, an 8-year-old strategy that has turned the traditional model of homeless assistance on its head."

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Posted on September 5, 2008 - 6:53am at Stone Soup Station
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It just came to the point where we just kept getting farther and farther behind....

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Posted on August 24, 2008 - 6:17pm at Stone Soup Station
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A stupid choice or two many years ago.

A bad break this past month.

Time off for an injury, or a layoff.

"The shelter's closing is part of the center's new direction."

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Posted on August 11, 2008 - 8:38am at Stone Soup Station
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Lancaster closes the Attucks shelter in order to "provide...

"The analysis is based on 2007 data and thus does not reflect the full impact of the current foreclosure crisis. "

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Posted on August 8, 2008 - 7:09am at Stone Soup Station
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CSM buys into the hype coming from HUD as a result of their HMIS numbers.

"The number of homeless families in Vermont increased by 20 percent over the last seven years, from 429 families in 2000 to 516

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Posted on July 18, 2008 - 6:00am at Stone Soup Station
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Vermont sees a disturbing trend in Homeless families.....

Homelessness on the rise among Vt. families | Addison County Independent

Homelessness on the rise among Vt.

With gas prices & mortgage defaults soaring, Lake County homeless shelter has seen a surge in homelessness that may force it to

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Posted on June 18, 2008 - 6:50am at Stone Soup Station
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As times get tougher for the vast majority of middle and lower income Americans (I hate the term "class;" it's offensive and completely misleading, not to mention stigmatizing in a sinisterly Orwellian way) demands for services from providers dealing with

"The face of homelessness.. isn't always the one you see on the streets - it often includes entire families with young children,

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Posted on May 18, 2008 - 7:31am at Stone Soup Station
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When a nation - especially the richest nations on earth - allows families to become homeless, for any reason whatsoever, that nation has failed in its duty and obligation to protect the poor from human rights abuses.....

((IndyStar.com)

"Children – abuse victims, runaways, or both – had to be turned away. There wasn’t enough room..."

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Posted on April 9, 2008 - 7:48am at Stone Soup Station
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Group aiding homeless children settles into new, larger facility by Kelley Chambers
The Journal Record April 9, 2008

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