Sentences with phrase «as the homeless population»

The stop in shelter openings came just as the homeless population was surging in early 2015, and the de Blasio administration was relying on optimistic estimates of how quickly new rental subsidy programs would slow the flow of people needing emergency shelter.

Controller Scott Stringer questioned the precipitously rising budget for the Department of Homeless Services Tuesday, even as the homeless population of about 61,000 New Yorkers has yet to drop.

Both the City Council and Controller Scott Stringer questioned the precipitously rising budget for the Department of Homeless Services Tuesday, even as the homeless population of about 61,000 New Yorkers has yet to drop.

Not exact matches

On January 24, I gave a presentation to students at the University of Calgary as part of the Certificate in Working with Homeless Populations program.

We increase the number of homeless shelters and food pantries, restore the welfare entitlement, build more prison cells, and write off a substantial part of the population as permanently incapable of citizenship.

«Food banks were being depleted, the homeless population was swelling, and splashy gala events weren't really raising the funds and awareness as they had in the past.

As New York City's homeless population continues to rise, so does the burden it places on families...

Today's Council resolution was supported by homeless advocates, who cite the loss of Advantage, and the need for a replacement, as a significant factor in the city's rising homeless population.

As New York City and state officials fight in public over the best policy prescriptions for helping the city manage its homeless population, another battle is taking place in court.

Cuomo is considering converting the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in Queens into lodgings for some of New York City's homeless population, as well as using other state psychiatric facilities.

As the city continues to deal with a growing homeless population, the capital budget to aid the homeless is increasing.

His record of service speaks for itself, as the programs he created and implemented in a very short time were the centerpiece of my administration's efforts and success in helping the homeless population in New York.

Housing needs, such as affordable housing and housing for special populations (the homeless, the elderly, disabled persons, persons living with AIDS, and public housing residents), and community and economic development needs, such as transportation, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure (sewer, water and roads), will be prime topics for discussion at the forums.

«It's going to be person by person, because literally each homeless person has their own challenge,» he added, touting the city's commitment to create 15,000 units of supportive housing over the next 15 years, as well as new behavioral health services for the city's homeless and mentally ill population.

The mayor dismissed the personal criticism from Cuomo as he repeated calls he's made in recent weeks for the state to «step up» and offer more resources to help with the city's growing population of nearly 60,000 homeless residents.

But as Mr. de Blasio suffers criticism on a host of fronts — the city's ballooning homeless population, his recent handling of a Legionnaire's disease outbreak, every single dig from Gov. Andrew Cuomo — there have been relatively few Democrats who he can consistently count on to preach the gospel of de Blasio.

As much as Cuomo tried to steer the conversation toward past achievements and future successes he also decried the state's failures to boost the economy for all, house a growing homeless population, and provide low - incoAs much as Cuomo tried to steer the conversation toward past achievements and future successes he also decried the state's failures to boost the economy for all, house a growing homeless population, and provide low - incoas Cuomo tried to steer the conversation toward past achievements and future successes he also decried the state's failures to boost the economy for all, house a growing homeless population, and provide low - income

The hotel, a Ramada Inn in the middle of Staten Island, is one of 41 across the five boroughs the city is using to house more than 2,600 homeless adults and children, as the city's homeless population has stretched the capacity of the city's shelter system.

The measure, which was set to go into effect Monday, would make adults seeking shelter prove they have nowhere else to go — in a move that advocates said would force some of the city's ballooning homeless population into the street as winter approaches.

So, while group intervention programs can play an important role in preventing substance abuse, especially in at - risk populations such as homeless youth, they can also inadvertently expose participants to negative behaviors.

She said that while previous studies have looked at the 10 - year risk of cardiovascular disease among the homeless population, she felt that was not a long enough period of time to take into account the impact of changed behavior, such as stopping smoking.

Synthetic cannabinoids, such as «Spice» and «Black Mamba», are becoming an increasing problem, especially with youths game to experiment and within the homeless and prison populations, due to their cheapness and odourless properties.

However, high rates of multidrug - resistant (MDR) TB and TB affecting vulnerable populations, such as the homeless, drug and alcohol abusers and migrants from countries with high numbers of cases TB continue to challenge TB elimination.

In addition, efforts are being made in education and outreach in Arizona especially among homeless and jail populations, which the study identified as vulnerable to this outbreak.

Richard serves as a research consultant studying the efficacy of the Integrative Restoration — iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation protocol he's developed for health, healing, well - being, and awakening with populations including military, students, and the homeless, with issues including sleep, PTSD, TBI, pain, chemical dependency, and well - being.

Youth advocacy and civic engagement is especially powerful for vulnerable populations, such as youth who are homeless, in foster care, or justice - involved, who can draw upon their own experiences to impact change.

In essence, 8 % of NYC public schools students are defined as homeless and for charter schools, 5 % of the total enrolled population are homeless students.

She also has experience teaching in communities with large homeless and English as a Second Language (ESL) populations.

Youth advocacy and civic engagement is especially powerful for vulnerable populations, such as youth who are homeless, in foster

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 at 7:30 am tagged as Animal Control, homeless pet population, Neuter, shelter, Spay and is filed under Lauren Cavagnolo Blogs.

Our mission is to provide moral, financial, and medical support for those fostering homeless pets; to end the practice of euthanasia as a means of population control, instead relying on spay and neuter and trap and return programs; and to create a sanctuary for animals not yet placed in foster or permanent homes.

The goal is to reduce the numbers of homeless pets, as a smaller population of dogs and cats in need of a forever home can be better managed by the already overburdened rescue system.

«The invaluable information gathered in this report provides the foundation for all stakeholders to move forward working together to reduce the number of homeless and stray pets and, ultimately, end the need for euthanasia as a means of population control.

All we had were the convictions that the life of every animal has intrinsic value and that the practice of killing homeless pets as a method of population control was an unacceptable fact that we were committed to changing.

As for lowering shelter populations, until we stem the tide of incoming homeless pets, reductions will be short - lived.

ALBERTA — Alberta Helping Animals Society In vulnerable populations such as transient or homeless people, seniors, and individuals and families living at or near the poverty line, veterinary care and spay / neuter procedures for pets can sometimes be cost - prohibitive.

More importantly, how do they get the message out that «earlier is better», as they struggle to reduce the growing population of homeless animals that now numbers in the millions.

Last but not least, you, the Aiken community, who year after year have supported our efforts with enthusiasm and generosity, who have adopted your pets from the thousands of deserving animals who end up in the Shelter through no fault of their own, and who are working to end the excessive population of homeless animals by spaying and neutering your animals — you have designated the Shelter as your community shelter, and we could not be prouder.

The best way to reduce the homeless pet population in our community is to prevent pets from becoming lost, and to reunite owners and pets as quickly as possible if they do become separated.

Groups such as Operation Catnip seek to control the homeless cat population by neutering instead of culling cats in shelters.

The study, led by The HSUS and supported by Maddie's Fund, focused on Louisiana and Mississippi — two states identified as having limited animal sheltering infrastructures combined with large homeless pet populations.

Training of veterinary students and practitioners in the problems of homeless animals, the animal sheltering system, and medical and behavioral care of individual animals and the shelter population as a whole

We are a membership based organization, and with your donation, we can continue our mission of reducing the feral and homeless cat population in Tarboro as well as reducing the euthanasia rate by promoting adoption.

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, spaying and neutering is one of the most effective ways to reduce the homeless pet population and is safe for puppies and kittens as young as eight to 10 weeks old.

Last but not least, you, the Aiken community, who have supported our efforts with enthusiasm and generosity, adopted your pets from the thousands of deserving animals who end up in the Shelter, and who are working to end the excessive population of homeless animals by spaying and neutering your animals — you have designated the Shelter as your community shelter, and we could not be prouder.

As we work with community, we have seen an increase in the stray and homeless cat population in the Metro East.

These programs have become a critical part of the overall services we provide in addition to animal sheltering, as they play a vital role in helping to prevent homeless animal population growth and support retention of pet family members for those humans in need of financial help.

As evidenced by three decades of trapping and killing, lethal means for controlling homeless animal populations is not the answer.

In 1989, this strategy had already begun to gain support as the most effective and humane method of controlling homeless cat populations.

The group had a very simple mission; to reduce the feral cat population and relieve the suffering of homeless cats by neutering as many as possible, and returning them to their caretakers and their colonies.