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Mar 26 2024
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Organizations ramp up homelessness services in Northwest Arkansas
A room at the 7Hills emergency shelter has four beds. Photo: Alex Golden/Axios Northwest Arkansas has a new emergency overnight shelter for people experiencing homelessness, the latest move by NWA organizations trying to help unhoused residents find permanent homes. Why it matters: People who are constantly searching for a place to sleep and their next meal often can't think past those
AxiosApr 16 2024
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Denver shutting down homeless encampment without shelter to offer for the first time in months
City crews on Tuesday morning began shutting down a homeless encampment in Denver’s western Lincoln Park neighborhood due to public safety concerns including three overdose deaths and more than two dozen felony arrests there over the last few months, according to city officials. Cleanup work at the encampment centered on the intersection of West Eighth Avenue and Navajo Street is expected to
The Denver PostApr 13 2024
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Businesses along East Lake Street are feeling the weight of a growing homeless encampment.
MINNEAPOLIS — Its business as usual inside A & J Fish and Chicken but owner Jamal Tashtoush says the last two weeks have been rough. "You come not knowing what to expect especially now, it's more than nervous I'm kind of scared," Tashtoush said. Tashtoush believes crime has gone up and sales have gone down because of a homeless encampment that popped up behind his restaurant. "I can feel
CBS News (Online)Apr 10 2024
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Audit: California Doesn’t Know Cost of its Own Homeless Programs
On Tuesday, an audit determined that the state of California does not even know the full cost of its numerous homelessness programs, even after spending billions of dollars on such efforts. According to the Daily Caller, the report by the State Auditor’s office revealed that the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) “has not consistently tracked and evaluated” its own attempts
American GreatnessApr 01 2024
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Mobile court helps resolve criminal charges for homeless
AUSTIN (KXAN) – In its pilot program, a mobile court helped nearly 400 people experiencing homelessness check to see if they had an active court case. The Downtown Austin Community Court piloted its mobile court program from October 2023 to February 2024 to help Austin’s homeless resolve criminal charges to avoid warrants and access services. “We wanted to be able to provide the services we
KXAN NewsMar 18 2024
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Malibu Clears Sweetwater Mesa Homeless Encampment
City staff worked with the TreePeople Land Trust on March 5 to clear the encampment, which included "large amounts" of wooden pallets, tarps, desks, wagons, clothes and other debris, according to city officials.
"The people living at the site were offered services and housing assistance. City staff continues to work with our state, county, and community partners to ensure homeless
Patch.comApr 10 2024
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California's effort to combat homelessness fails to curb rising unhoused population
NPR Fact CheckFeb 29 2024
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Oregon state senators approve more than $350 million to help state’s housing and homelessness crisis
Oregon state Senators approved spending more than 350 million taxpayer dollars toward addressing the state’s housing crisis. The money would boost housing production, create a new state agency, help fund existing homeless shelters and give cities a one-time chance to bypass state land-use laws to build housing. Sen. Kayse Jama, who Chairs the Senate Committee on Housing and Development, said
Oregon Public BroadcastingApr 05 2024
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Anchorage Assembly to vote on proposed new rules for homeless camping
The Anchorage Assembly is set to consider an ordinance that would place new restrictions on homeless camping and give the city more power to tear down encampments in some cases — and more quickly — even when there are no shelter beds open. The proposed measure is significantly scaled back from the initial version, which Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration proposed last month, following two
Anchorage Daily NewsMar 26 2024
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St. Cloud homeless shelter moves ahead despite pushback
A proposal to build a homeless shelter in St. Cloud is moving forward after a contentious public hearing Monday night. Avivo, a nonprofit that operates a shelter with small, indoor units in Minneapolis’ North Loop neighborhood, wants to build a similar facility in St. Cloud to house 56 people. It would provide supportive services to help them address challenges such as mental health, substance
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