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Use Your Coupons When Buying For Food Banks |
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| This is a great way to save money or double your contribution to your local soup kitchen, food bank or food pantry. Many stores have their own coupons now and some will even let you double them | |
Veterans First Help Orange County Homeless Veterans |
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| Last year over 1,300 veterans walked through the doors looking for help. Many are struggling with substance abuse problems. This the organization is planing to build an emergency shelter in Anaheim, California | |
Veterans Housing Gets $1.4 million Grant |
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| In Mobile County, Alabama - Homeless veterans will have new training, counseling and housing options in early 2014. The federal grant will be administered by the County's commission. | |
Village For Homeless Individuals May Open In Eugene, Oregon |
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| The city owns a site they are considering letting homeless people use for shelter this winter. The Eugene Mission is the city's largest homeless shelter but it doesn't have enough beds for the current number of homeless people in the city. | |
Virginia Governor Says Homeless Rate Has Declined |
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| Governor Bob McDonnell stated the homelessness rate in Virginia has dropped by 8% since 2010. He also went on to say that the homeless rate for families had dropped by 11% percent. The rapid re-housing program is credited for the decline | |
Washington D.C Mayor Proposes New Homeless Amendments |
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| The mayor is in disagreement with the Department of Human Services (DHS) over the proposed amendments to the Homeless Services Reform Act. The mayor wants more funds for the rapid rehousing of homeless families. | |
Washington D.C. Homeless Shelters Busier In 2012 |
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| The District of Columbia homeless population increased by 6% last year. There were 6,954 individuals who experienced homelessness in the nation's capitol | |
Washington D.C.'s Main Homeless Shelter Is Over Croweded |
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| Why is the city's main homeless shelter over crowded this year? With some much help being provided by the President's social agenda it is amazing that so many people are living in homeless shelters | |
Washington State Awards $65 Million For Low-Income Households |
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| The Washington State Department of Commerce gave the funds for forty-nine affordable housing projects. The projects will be built in twenty-three counties throughout the state. The projects are going to build over two thousand units of affordable housing. It will also generate almost three thousand jobs | |
Washington, N.J., Approves Cash Instead Of Building New Low-Income Housing |
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| Borough officials plan to use $700,000 for rehabilitating the existing low-income housing and designate the remaining $300,000 for the recreation department. The mayor said it was a win-win | |
Wegmans Donates $1.38 million For East Coast Food Banks |
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| Wegmans stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and the Greater Rochester area raised nearly $1.38 million for food banks. Almost $668,000 was raised for Foodlink by Wegman's 2012 Fall checkout campaign | |
Who Helps The Helpers? |
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| The Nonprofit Finance Fund, offers funds to nonprofit agencies throughout the United States. Government budgets are not always able to help soup kitchens and homeless shelters, so this type of extra financial help is really needed. | |
Why Did Local Leaders Sleep On The Sidewalk? |
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| A local homeless shelter in New Orleans, Covenant House, sponsored a “Sleep Out” event where forty of the city's leaders spent the night sleeping on the sidewalks to express their sympathy about the condition of homelessness | |
Wichita's Warming Souls Winter Shelter Has Opened |
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| The shelter will be open from 6 pm to 7 am and serves a warm dinner and light breakfast for its clients. Men and women are housed in separate shelters. Over 500 individuals were given shelter last year. | |
Williston School To Be Remodelled Into Low-Income Senior Apartments |
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| Officials in Williston have approved a project for turning the historic school building into senior affordable housing. A grant for $10.6 million has received local, state and federal funding | |
Winn-Dixie Hunger Relief Program Will Be Launched This Holiday Season |
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| Bay Area Food Bank is partnering with Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. to raise funds for the local Feeding America-affiliated food banks, which includes the Bay Area Food Bank. The grocery store is asking their customers to donate at the registers. | |
Winter Increases The Need For More Homeless Shelters |
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| Albuquerque, New Mexico, reports there will be thousands of homeless people who will need shelter this winter. Unfortunately, many will be turned away because there are not enough shelters. There are no shelters in Albuquerque accept pets. | |
Work Still Needed To End Homelessness For Veterans |
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| A new report is expected to indicate that there has been a drop in homeless veterans since 2009 of about 15,000. Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs said the reduction is due to the two-step program that gets homeless veterans into housing and also to prevent new veterans from becoming homeless in the first place. | |