by annaread | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Climbing rents in Juneau Alaska has contributed to a growing problem of homelessness. Now a housing advocate will work in a position managed by the St Vincent de Paul Society. Stan Marston says his is a “one stop shop” that “will prevent...
by annaread | Nov 5, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
This week programs at Illinois State University will raise awareness of hunger and homelessness. Events include a speaker from Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, screening of the film Children Underground, a hunger banquet, and more. Read the story.
by annaread | Nov 2, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In October of each year, an event promoted by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness asks communities to take a look at how better to connect themselves to the homeless in their midst. Read about the first ever Project Homeless Connect in Humboldt County,...
by annaread | Oct 18, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The newspaper of the Los Angeles archdiocese has been running a series on homelessness. This week’s article is about a young woman who has been living “shelter to shelter” and now lives at a shelter co-sponsored by the St Vincent de Paul Society and...
by annaread | Oct 17, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Australia’s federal government is contributing $2.5 million (Aus) to redevelop facilities at St Mary’s House of Welcome in Melbourne. Established by the Daughters of Charity in 1958, St Mary’s serves the disadvantaged and vulnerable of...
