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  • 100-plus heat hits hard at Washington's homeless
    July 6, 2010
    http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/heat-strikes-dc-homeless-hardest-97876849.html
    Lauren Sausser
    Examiner

    Scattered throughout city parks, at risk of heat stroke or exhaustion, homeless people struggled to stay cool and hydrated as a heat wave gripped the East Coast.

  • Administration broadens effort to fight homelessness
    June 22, 2010
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062204040.html
    Henri Cauvin
    Washington Post

    The Obama administration released a strategy Tuesday to end homelessness by expanding programs to secure housing for veterans and families with young children and by building on efforts to help chronically homeless people.

  • The New Housing Normal for Low-Income Families
    June 15, 2010
    http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/06/new_housing_normal.html
    Joy Moses
    Center for American Progress

    Low-income families began experiencing a new normal on housing over the last several years defined by shared housing and frequent moves. These changes are rooted in a longstanding housing affordability crisis that has hurt many American children and adults.

  • White House to Release First Federal Strategy to Address Homlessness
    June 6, 2010
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/15/obama-administration-unveil-national-strategic-plan-prevent-and-end-homelessness
    Whitehouse.gov

    The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is planning release the nation’s first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness titled "Opening Doors: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness" next Tuesday

  • Homeless Numbers Dip, But More Families Suffer
    June 6, 2010
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127907040
    Pam Fessler
    NPR.org

    New statistics show that the overall number of homeless people in America dropped slightly last year — although the number of homeless families rose 7 percent.

  • Apartment rents cheaper than stays in homeless shelters
    March 25, 2010
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-25-homeless_N.htm
    Marisol Bello
    USA Today
    Cities, states and the federal government pay more to provide the homeless with short-term shelter and services than what it would cost to rent permanent housing, the U.S. government reports. A study of 9,000 families and individuals being released today by the Department of Housing and Urban Development finds that costs to house the newly homeless vary widely, depending on the type of shelter and social services provided by the six cities in the report.
  • Report shows surge in visits to food pantries
    February 2, 2010
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-hungerreport-20100201,0,7252585.story
    Rex W. Huppke
    Chicago Tribune
    A nationwide study released to be Tuesday by the Chicago-based hunger relief group Feeding America indicates a sharp uptick in the number of Americans relying on food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters for day-to-day survival. In Cook County, the report estimated that more than 678,000 people — including a quarter of a million children — received some form of emergency food last year.
  • Homeless Count a Unique Challenge for Census Workers
    January 28, 2010
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR2010012704731_pf.html
    Darryl Fears
    Washington Post
    Area census workers encounter challenges every year trying to get an accurate census of the region's homeless population.
  • Missing More than a Meal
    December 12, 2009
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/11/AR2009121102697.html
    Amy Goldstein
    Washington Post
    With the economy faltering, the number of youngsters living in homes without enough food soared in 2008 from 13 million to nearly 17 million, the Agriculture Department reported last month. Worse, new research suggests that childhood hunger is more complex than previously understood and is unlikely to be solved simply by spending more money for food programs.
  • Fenty Announces Re-Housing and Homelessness Program
    December 6, 2009
    http://media.www.districtchronicles.com/media/storage/paper263/news/2009/12/06/Neighborhood/Fenty.Announces.ReHousing.And.Homelessness.Program-3846720.shtml
    District Chronicles
    Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Department of Housing and Community Development Director Leila Edmonds have announced the availability of $7.5 million in Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing (HPRP) funds, which are part of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The District will distribute these resources to prevent homelessness and to re-house District residents who are experiencing homelessness.