The 2016 CHALENG Survey
2016 CHALENG survey on Veterans Homelessness is open. Veterans, Community, Partners, VA Staff
Ladies crochet afghans for homeless vets
(WTNH) – Two Groton women tool it upon themselves to help homeless veterans, but they needed help getting their afghans to those who need them the most. Clarissa Mattheson and her next door neighbor Anne-Marie Knochenhauer have been crocheting together.
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Causes of homelessness – King County
There are many reasons people become homeless, and the … afford this housing, making it out of reach for many of the areas working poor families.
King County Bus Riders, Brace Yourselves
In blocking a vote on a transportation package before the Washington State Legislature adjourned this weekend, Senate Republicans led by Rodney Tom utterly failed anyone who rides the bus—or drives through or around—King County.
There was plenty not to like about the transportation bill, but one important piece would have given King County Metro the option of raising new and needed revenue through a local motor vehicle excise.
Boehner Fiscal Cliff Plan Would Have Cut Food Stamps for Children
The plan eliminated the Social Services Block Grant (Meals on Wheels) and renewed efforts to go after food stamp recipients. The misguided emphasis on food stamps will not balance the budget but it will put hundreds of thousands of children at risk.
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Neil Dubovsky: A litigator tries living on food stamps
For one week beginning Dec. 17, my family and I will be participating in an event known as the Food Stamp Challenge. The challenge itself is fairly self-explanatory. Participants are required to commit to living for one week on the budget of a food …
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Daily Record (subscription):
Food safety at risk with budget cuts expected, union says
Canada’s food inspectors say they fear budget cuts could endanger food safety in Canada. Bob Kingston, the head of the Agriculture Union, raised the issue Monday morning, along with the daughter of a woman who died of listeriosis poisoning in 2008. …
“chronic homelessness” prevention
At the same time, Continuum of Care (CoC) grants targeting “chronic homelessness” prevention—assisting homeless individuals with mental or physical disabilities who live on the streets for extended periods—will likely be reduced by at least $180 million. (More if HUD decides to reallocate a greater proportion of these funds towards ESGs.)
Dec 17-18 Call to Action…Operation:WelcomeOneHome
ATTENTION:
We are proud to announce our participation in a community wide
Call to Action…Operation:WelcomeOneHome… to reach our goal of a community where if a Veteran experiences homelessness it is rare, brief and only one time within Seattle/King County by December 31, 2015.
We hope that you will join us!
Seattle Stand Down 5
Premier project of One Less Mountain
December 17 & 18, 2015
Registration begins at 7AM
Services:
Thursday 8AM to 4PM
Friday 8AM – 2PM
Seattle Central College
Mitchell Activity Center
1701 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122
Institutional discharge to homelessness
Too often, people are released from jails, prisons, or hospitals without sufficient reentry planning to ensure housing stability and success after discharge. For those who had been homeless prior to institutionalization, housing stability may be even more difficult to achieve.
Association Against Homelessness in America 