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Category: Homelessness Awareness

Department of Labor seeks to help homeless job seekers

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Man holding handwritten cardboard sign, No Job, Will Work, jobless, unemployed, coronavirus, employment, loss jobs, hope, charity, giving, desperate, fired, laidoff, help, economy broke. Homeless person holding sign looking for work.

The Maryland Department of Labor, in partnership with the Maryland Interagency Council on Homelessness, is accepting proposals to help organizations integrate workforce and housing resources to support job seekers experiencing […]

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Posted in Blog, Homelessness Awareness, Homelessness Prevention, News

Hunger in America could get worse as supply chains tighten

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Picture of iPad with Pick up Times of Food Supplies

Just after Thanksgiving, Carmen Allen became alarmed by the jump in prices and shortages of food products at her local grocery stores. “Cake mix,” Allen says. “I was worried I […]

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Posted in Blog, Homelessness Awareness, Homelessness Prevention, Hunger, News

Governor Hogan Announces Historic Investments in Public Health and Human Services, Record Funding For Local Health Departments

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Nick Reiter
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Governor Larry Hogan today announced that his Fiscal Year 2023 budget will include historic investments in public health, including record funding for the state’s local health departments. The budget will […]

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Homeless Veteran care

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Homeless Veteran

If you are a Veteran who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless due to financial hardship, unemployment, addiction, depression, or transition from jail, VA Maryland health care can […]

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Baltimore Will Conduct Count Of Homeless Population in February, Scott Says

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Red push pin in a map of Baltimore Maryland

Baltimore officials will conduct the city’s count of people experiencing homeless next month, the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services announced Friday. The Point-In-Time Count, as it’s called, will start at […]

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Here’s How Homelessness In Maryland Compares To The Rest Of The Country

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Old homeless man with grey beard covering up in green decrepit wear holding a mug of hot tea to warm himself in a cold night

Homelessness is on the rise in the United States. According to a study published by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the number of Americans experiencing homelessness has grown each […]

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Homelessness linked to poor mental health among LGBTQ youth, report finds

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Young Homeless Boy with hands pressed against his face, stressed.

More than 1 in 4 LGBTQ youth have experienced homelessness or housing instability at some point in their lives, a new report from The Trevor Project shows, including nearly half […]

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Homelessness and Aging

Posted on January 27, 2022 (January 27, 2022) by Nick Reiter
Woman Trying to Help Homeless Man sitting on city street.

Indeed, aging is considered to be related or correlated with home; home is a multidimensional term that has a symbolic meaning. It can be described abstractly as the ‘extension of […]

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The US homeless crisis: Root causes, what works & what needs to change

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Homeless man draped in an American flag, asleep on the street with sign, "Homeless and Hungry"

In January 2020, 580,466 people were homelessness in the US, according to official numbers. Seventy percent were individuals and the rest were families with children. Nationwide, many municipalities have adopted […]

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What We Owe People Experiencing Homelessness in the US

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Homeless man sitting on city sidewalk with head in his lap.

Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, a wealth of scientific information has been amassed. We understand the range of symptoms, how the virus spreads, how to mitigate risk of […]

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