by John Freund, CM | Mar 6, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
No longer will the pay phone at the local shelter be the only way to reach a homeless client. Whether applying for a job, waiting for medical test results, or trying to get in touch with family, Project CARE provides homeless clients with link to the real world and an...
by annaread | Mar 4, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
A concern about bedbugs resulted in a relatively long story about the efforts of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul to care for homeless in Port-of-Spain. There’s an explicit discussion about the link between mental illness and homelessness. Read the...
by annaread | Feb 27, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
A clinic in Salt Lake City is opening an after hours satellite at a Society of Saint Vincent de Paul overflow shelter. It’ll offer flu shots, blood pressure checks, and other care for chronic illnesses of the homeless. The result expected is a 30% reduction in...
by annaread | Feb 19, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
In Sydney, Australia, it’s the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul on the front line of service to the homeless. They are improving educational services by expanding to a new building, to be called the Ozanam Learning Centre — but their success is already...
by annaread | Feb 12, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Last year the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Baltimore began a “housing first” program: making housing the top priority in anti-poverty efforts. Now the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded the program funds to expand. Read the...
