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Where Do You Fit In Now?

How do you further conversations with people who have different starting points and live in other categories than your own?

Public Transportation - Convenience, Hassle, or Lifeline?

A 2015 Harvard study found that access to reliable transportation is the biggest factor in determining whether someone will escape poverty and avoid homelessness.

When Children Ask About Homeless People

The children in your life are going to want to know why that person is sleeping on the sidewalk or pushing a shopping cart full of belongings. The questions will vary. So should our answers.

Handcuffs Will Not Stop Homelessness!

In a recent reflection on the site Invisible People, Robert Davis makes the point that handcuffs will never solve homelessness.

"Homelessness is a silent war on children"

What is the average age of homeless persons in America? Over 50 Between 30 and 49 Between 15 and 29 Below 15 I really wonder how many would have guessed age 11, much less that it is a well-researched fact. (as of January 2022). More info at this link Cynthia Griffith writing for Invisible People […]

How Do You "Encounter" a Person Who Is Homeless?

But you shouldn’t build up “talking to a homeless person” in your mind as something that’s vastly different from talking to any other kind of person.

First Aid AND Long-term Solutions Needed For the Homeless

The Vincentian Family is committed to a collaborative worldwide effort to eradicate homelessness by 2030. We can only get to 2030 by looking at homelessness in 2020.

Profiles In Homelessness

So you think you understand homelessness? I did… until I discovered I didn’t!

Homelessness - Our Heritage and Challenge

As we approach the feast of St. Vincent de Paul we can draw strength and be challenged by all that St. Vincent did. Many may not believe that one man could do all that Vincent did!

Once Again - Think You Understand Homelessness?

The deeper I got into the article I realized I had more of a stereotypical and simplified understanding.

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