by John Freund, CM | Mar 21, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON (March 19, 2007)—Congress must remember the needs of the poor when it considers the federal budget, Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Washington, and President of the U.S. Bishops, told members of Congress in a letter sent to Capitol Hill March 16....
by Beth | Mar 13, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
St John’s Bread and Life was featured in the Sunday NY Daily News (3/11/07) in an article chronicling the struggles of immigrant day laborers in NYC. Though this topic is fraught with strong opinions I think the article captures what Bread and Life tries to...
by Beth | Mar 11, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Since 2004 Sister Ellen Flynn, DC has been on the front line as eastern Europeans arrive full of hope in the UK only to have their prospects dashed. Sister Ellen Flynn, chief executive of London’s biggest day centre for homeless adults, looks close to tears as...
by Beth | Mar 8, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress measures homelessness over time, allowing researchers to expand their body of knowledge beyond more limited estimates in the past. HUD unveiled new data from Continuums of Care (CoC) that indicates 754,000...
by Beth | Mar 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Two stories out of California Illustrate Problems of Counting the Homeless Mon, March 5, 2007 — Morning The California Report 2007-03-05 (Audio archives for this report) Host: Dan Drayer Rural Schools Prepare for Budget Cuts School boards in the rural areas of...
by Beth | Mar 5, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The poor of Africa have an “anonymous Vincentian” (pace Karl Rahner) as their ally in the fight against deadly diseases. Bono, ambassador of the ONE campaign geared to end global poverty, received an “Image” award from the National Association...
