The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog » homeless http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:40:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Poverty’s Most Dreaded Consequence http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/01/15/poverty%e2%80%99s-most-dreaded-consequence/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/01/15/poverty%e2%80%99s-most-dreaded-consequence/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:22:48 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=15988 By The Editors
The January 14 news article in the Washington Post describes in wrenching detail the struggle of several Washington-area families who, having lost their relatively well-paying jobs, are struggling to hold on to a basic standard of living.

It’s clear that, if they lose that struggle, what likely awaits them is what awaits many others unable to overcome a fruitless search for work: homelessness.

]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2011/01/15/poverty%e2%80%99s-most-dreaded-consequence/feed/ 0 New York City Program for Homeless Families Leaves Some Out in the Cold http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/10/01/new-york-city-program-for-homeless-families-leaves-some-out-in-the-cold/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/10/01/new-york-city-program-for-homeless-families-leaves-some-out-in-the-cold/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:56:37 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=15073 By Lee A. Daniels
A two-year-long program just begun by New York City’s agency for the homeless to test how good its services are has provoked harsh criticism because it appears to arbitrarily deny help to some needy families.

The effort is part of the city Department of Homeless Services’ “Homebase” program whose specific purpose is to help homeless families. The experiment involves 400 families whose financial situation has deteriorated so badly they are nearly destitute and had applied to the agency this summer for help.

]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/10/01/new-york-city-program-for-homeless-families-leaves-some-out-in-the-cold/feed/ 0 Rising Numbers of the Homeless: Back to the Future? http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/07/rising-numbers-of-the-homeless-back-to-the-future/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/07/rising-numbers-of-the-homeless-back-to-the-future/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:55:04 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11114 Jackie Jones Without a national agenda on mental health treatment, Torrey predicted, many states would be wrestling with substantial increases in the number of and funding treatment for the mentally ill homeless and mentally ill prison inmates.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/07/rising-numbers-of-the-homeless-back-to-the-future/feed/ 0