"Rhode Island is considering creating a homeless bill of rights to prevent discrimination against people who some lawmakers say are some of society's most vulnerable."
"Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is backing three pilot projects that aim to help the state's most underserved homeless population: young people age 18 to 24."
"Taking people such as Miller out of the court system, off the streets and into housing is the ambitious goal behind Multnomah County's decision to place a community court inside a homeless shelter - the first in the nation."
'[N]ext week [Suffolk County's Welfare to Work Commission is] launching a series of hearings to spotlight the stories of residents who are struggling in the wake of the recession. The commission, which reports to the county legislature, is hosting three public hearings starting May 18."
"The couple are among more than 500 homeless people in the Chattanooga area. But for the next couple of days, they will retreat from everyday struggles to audition and practice for the musical 'Godspell,' which will be performed in July."
"A federal program where low-income families are able to purchase a new home at a reduced price in exchange for working on the house will soon be constructing houses in Enoch."
"Every night, Woo pilots his van, with its eye-catching wrap, to hospitals, shelters, treatment centers and group homes across the metro, giving rides to people — hundreds of people — most of us never see. Or don’t notice. A free taxi for the homeless? No. More like a nightly voyage into homeless intervention."
"Multnomah County Circuit Judge Alicia Fuchs was all set Friday to preside over the opening session of the Bud Clark Commons Community Court. It was to be the first in the nation dedicated to homeless people facing low-level charges, and intended to connect them to social services, all under the same roof."
"That controversial plan to open a wet house in San Francisco where chronic homeless drunks can get city housing and keep drinking took a big step forward Monday. Mayor Ed Lee and a bevy of city officials toured the Seattle version, where the building's staff even goes on booze runs for some residents, dispersing beer, wine and vodka. "
"New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman says new lawyers will have to provide 50 hours of free legal services as a requirement for admission to the state bar starting next year, a move he hopes other states will follow."
"Philipp and fellow Grinnell College students Noah Most and Kathy Andersen instead spent the previous 59 minutes passionately talking about how they help local folks who are broke and have nowhere to turn."
"There was nowhere the two could go until 2010 when The Bridge, Dallas' homeless assistance center, opened its kennel for dog owners like Boone who couldn't part with their companions to find shelter."
"A marketing agency touched off a wave of criticism and debate when it hired members of the local homeless population to walk around carrying mobile Wi-Fi devices, offering conferencegoers Internet access in exchange for donations."
"Liberals tend to characterize the low-income as helpless victims in need of rescue. A number of social programs that come out of that mind-set have hindered, rather than encouraged, self-sufficiency."
With grant funding, the district has bought more than 400 iPads in the last year - a small step toward one for each of its 10,000 students. Most of them are in Jefferson, Merrill, Roosevelt and Washington elementary schools - schools given the 'School of Recognition' title because their students test better on state standardized tests than would be anticipated based on their poverty levels. A handful of the devices are also at West and North high schools."
"Their family of three is being featured in the debut edition of a DCF Facebook campaign called 'Homeless 2 Home' -- created after staffer Carrie Hoeppner triggered an outpouring of help when she posted on her personal Facebook page about a homeless family facing Christmas without food. "
"On Friday in Liberty City, more than 500 students at Holmes Elementary received their very own, green-and-white laptops. Students can use them in class and take them home. The idea is that their curiosity will spark learning in new ways."
It's a labor rooted in fascination with and empathy for the homeless that began when he moved to Lincoln Park after graduating from Vassar College, north of New York City.
Like most of his college classmates, Devine prided himself on 'being extraordinarily liberal and compassionate,' he said. But he had never seen poverty's face. Stunned by the homelessness just outside his front door when he moved back to Chicago, he bought a tape recorder and started interviewing homeless people about their lives."
"Smiths and his friends order pizzas and distribute them to homeless children and families. In the past, he baked turkeys and fed the poor and homeless who couldn't get into Skid Row kitchens for Thanksgiving and Christmas."
"The City Colleges of Chicago will announce Monday that it is partnering with private industry and academic institutions to provide mentors, train faculty and develop curricula to help prepare its students for jobs in aviation, hospitality, health care and information technology and other industries that are in need of job candidates."
"A new approach to dealing with female inmates could help Delaware save money, reduce injuries to guards and pull many women out of the cycle of abuse that put them behind bars, officials said Friday."
"After the presentation, people will be asked to stay at the park overnight with nothing more than what they have with them. Community action discourages people from bring tents as the event is meant to simulate what it is like to be homeless in the middle of November."
"Rowen, which educates 450 students in kindergarten through fifth grade, is ahead of many city neighborhood schools; it met state standards and made 'Adequate Yearly Progress' for several years running. But 83 percent of its students are considered low income, and the school lost 15 staffers to the Philadelphia School District's $629 million budget gap this year."
"Teachers at Voise Academy and other schools where technology is central to the curriculum said the Comcast plan is a way to help remove a family's low income as a barrier to educational success."
"Officials at Hoopa Valley High School plan to use state grant funds to hire a licensed marriage family therapist to help its students complete high school in a community struggling with isolation, poverty and unemployment."
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