Sentences with phrase «at combatting homelessness»

This begs the question: Why are tax dollars being spent on expensive emergency shelters when we know they are ineffective at combatting homelessness and addiction?

OPINION: Housing First initiatives are better at combatting homelessness than shelters, and make more fiscal sense for taxpayers, too

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It includes a multi-year plan to combat homelessness, together with the development of 10 anti-poverty tasks forces; these are productive ways to recognize that child poverty and homelessness are at record levels across the state.

«On behalf of my 1,140 members employed at The Legal Aid Society, The Legal Aid Society of Nassau County, The Legal Aid Society of Orange County, and The Federal Defenders of the Eastern and Southern Districts, we are proud to partner with Assembly Member Hevesi to combat the homelessness crisis overwhelming New York State, and especially the City.

From here on the East Side of Buffalo to Rochester, to Albany and all the way north and all the way south, HCR and our partners are hard at work making Governor Cuomo's aggressive $ 20 billion agenda combat homelessness and expand access to affordable housing a reality.»

Jon Bon Jovi presented Cuomo and his sister Maria Cuomo Cole with The Inspiration Award for their efforts to combat poverty and homelessness at the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation's 10th Anniversary Celebration.

In a speech that was equal parts wish list, progressive victory lap and ominous critique of the federal landscape, the governor issued an ambitious list of 30 - or - so proposals, including implementing a uniform sexual harassment policy for state and local officials, tightening up efforts to combat election meddling, ending homelessness and expanding access to food at school to combat child hunger.

The ASPCA is working hard to combat the pet homelessness crisis, and spay / neuter operations are one of the most effective tools at our disposal.

Other issues were more contentious, but ultimately the negotiated budget increased funding to several key areas including: $ 28 million for safety improvements at the state's mental health hospitals; $ 7 million for recruiting new public school teachers and retaining existing ones; $ 190 million from the state's emergency fund to address damages from the last round of wildfires; $ 15 million to expand programs that combat homelessness; and, $ 8 million to backfill tuition cuts made to state colleges and universities during the 2015 session.