Sentences with phrase «for a homeless person on»

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People who work on the front lines helping the homeless say connecting them to their families is one of the best ways to get them off the streets for good.

Protecting major transfers to persons, spending on health and education and other spending such as that for Aboriginal programs, research and development, and assuming you won't revisit defense and international assistance, then to find an additional $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 16 would require major cuts in labor market programs, spending on the homeless, infrastructure programs, and last, but certainly not least, government personnel costs.

According to researchers at McGill, using the data from the At Home / Chez Soi project, «Support services for homeless people with mental illness in Canada's biggest cities cost more than $ 55K a year per person on average.»

I am so sorry to read some of the hostility on this website I grew up in an Islamic country and with Catholic Priests and Nuns like Mother Threasa who worked very hard for so many very poor and homeless people the Priest were at times and bare foot with torn robes giving poor people all they had.

Jesus has come to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor on the teenagers who are homeless, on the Syrian refugees, on the Mexican migrants, and the people who find themselves prisoners of addiction and their families, on the poorest of the poor in Haiti — Jesus has come for them.»

So if I were a rich man and left all of my possessions behind and lived on the street for a year as a homeless person, is the hypocrisy that I could go back to being rich or that I tried to see how someone else lives?

Has it ever seemed strange to you that although there can be dozens of people out in the community loving others, serving the poor, meeting needs, and helping the homeless, the «truly spiritual people» are those who come to church on Wednesday night for the prayer meeting where they pray for the poor, the homeless, and the other needs of the community?

As there are different things you should or should not do for homeless people versus those who have a home but are poor, some of the items on the list begin with the words «Homeless» or «Poor» for things that are specific to those groups ofhomeless people versus those who have a home but are poor, some of the items on the list begin with the words «Homeless» or «Poor» for things that are specific to those groups ofHomeless» or «Poor» for things that are specific to those groups of people.

When giving advice to people regarding their interactions with the homeless, we try to err on the side of safety for people and their families who want to help others.

If it is possible for the Irish People to adjudicate by ballot on this question, why might we not in the future deliberate similarly on the right to life of the elderly, the homeless, the Travellers, or the mentally ill?

After reading a couple of your blog postings on homeless, I have attempted to be more open to loving on the homeless in a way that would best represent Jesus which is a big step for me because I would normally be the person looking the other way assuming they were drunk or drugged.

When Wendy and I were living in Chicago, there were numerous homeless people on the streets asking for money.

We are making blessing bags at our church for people that stand on corners of intersections with a homeless sign.

They are the faces of your grocery clerk, your mailman, your boss, your neighbor, the homeless person you've walked by for years on your way to work, the pregnant teen whom you believe is just reaping what she's sown, the bitter widow, the ex-con.

I'm working with a newspaper for the homeless on movie reviews from a poor person's perspective.

I'd rather the half - mumbled, but heartfelt thank you from the homeless person I've offered a hot cup of soup on a cold, wet day or the expression of relief on the face of someone in who just discovered that someone paid their electric bill for them unexpectedly.

This leads to the suggestion that in cases in which a homeless alcoholic seems to have even an embryonic desire for help, it may be wise to discuss the matter with an AA member who has himself lived on Skid Row, rather than referring the person directly to the Salvation Army.

In an effort to show his compassion for all citizens, Obama invites a homeless person to sit in on the service.

We figured out that lots of money given to missions, homeless organizations and so on never makes it to the people in need, but gets used to pay for office rent, salaries and so on.

As significant welfare reform and housing bills make their way through parliament this legislative year, debates on cutting housing benefit for 18 - 21 year olds, and the security and affordability of the private rented sector will all come to play — with potentially dire consequences for people at the cusp of becoming homeless.

The housing workers branch of Unite says its members have been concerned for some time that homeless organisations have become «increasingly compliant agencies of government policy» and are sometimes «failing to speak out» on behalf of homeless people.

Experts warn that councils could choose to spend this on other forms of emergency accommodation, including housing for older people and homeless people.

CBS 2 New York story on Borough President Adams honoring Bay Ridge brothers Nick and Mike Fiorito for their work handing out purple blankets to homeless people living on the streets.

In a wide - ranging interview Thursday, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton thanked The Post for its reporting on vagrants and homeless people who are contributing...

Advocates for homeless people filed a complaint with New York City's Civil Rights Commission accusing the Police Department of targeting people living on the street, a practice they say violates a two - year - old law that prohibits «bias - based profiling.»

The play posits «Unity Bonds», which allow the City to speculate on the numbers of people made homeless, or raped, or receiving treatment for addiction.

However, for other homeless people interviewed, existing anti-social tendencies had led directly to them being on the streets, as they had been evicted from the parental or marital home, rented accommodation and hostels.

Centrepoint, the homeless organisation for young people said that too many young people have been turned away from local authorities and has called on the government to act on the report's recommendations.

Ministers will be advised on the problem by a committee of formerly homeless young people and Centres of Excellence will be established in every region for successful councils to share their experiences.

De Blasio also said his administration's efforts to curb homelessness are working, despite increasing estimates of the number of homeless people on city streets, and expressed frustration that New Yorkers often confuse panhandlers «who are not particularly in need» for homeless persons.

Bearing signs saying «Don't balance the budget on the backs of the poor» and shouting «Hey hey, ho ho, the funding cuts have got to go,» the roughly 150 demonstrators, largely from New York City, represented progressive activist groups pushing for rent reductions for people with HIV, homeless services, low - income housing, health care and other issues.

Rick Henderson, the chief executive of Homeless Link, said: «With the welcome focus on homelessness prevention in the Homelessness Reduction Act coming into force next week, we are pleased the government has listened to us and the sector and taken this important step to remove a barrier to accommodation for young people at risk of homelessness.»

Using a gift given to the shelther as seed money, she helped start and served on the Board of Friends House in Rosehill, a residence for fifty formerly homeless people with AIDS.

On National Homeless Persons» Memorial Day, a coalition of faith leaders, advocates and housing providers gathered at the State Capitol in Albany to demand the Governor keep his promise to fund thousands of units of supportive housing for the homeless in communities across New YorHomeless Persons» Memorial Day, a coalition of faith leaders, advocates and housing providers gathered at the State Capitol in Albany to demand the Governor keep his promise to fund thousands of units of supportive housing for the homeless in communities across New Yorhomeless in communities across New York State.

Advocates and supportive housing residents gathered on Homeless Persons» Memorial Day to call for State leaders to release funds for lifesaving supportive housing.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

Immigrants are not to blame for the number of homeless people sleeping on the streets of our towns and cities.

The shelter must serve homeless persons for at least 3 or 10 years, depending on the type of renovation and the value of the building (see Schedule «B»).

Mayor Bill de Blasio recently upset some homeless people and advocates with off - the - cuff remarks that included calling people begging for money on the street charlatans pretending to be homeless.

De Blasio added that he thinks it was unfair for Cuomo to blame the NYPD for homeless people sleeping on trains.

The Metro IAF - EBC proposal specifically calls for 15,000 new senior housing units on underutilized NYCHA land, which it foresees would allow 50,000 people on NYCHA waitlists and in homeless shelters to move into apartments vacated by those seniors.

It is well - known throughout political circles that in the 80» and 90's, Westchester County purposely move people living on Welfare, Receiving Section 8 Vouchers, and homeless shelters to cities like Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, Peekskill and other high minority populated areas and did not give financial assistance to fund support programs for the large migration of needy families that were purposely sent to these cities by the Westchester County government.

The people of Ogun State have never had it so bad than under the administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun as many have been rendered homeless and source livelihood destroyed to pave ways for the road constructions going on in the state.

In a City Council Hearing last week, Taylor could not give an accurate number for the amount of people living on city streets, or for the number of admissions to city homeless shelters since de Blasio took office.

Money is flowing to new rental assistance programs and homelessness prevention efforts, and funding for outreach to homeless people on the city's subways has increased 650 percent since 2014, from $ 800,000 a year to $ 6 million a year.

Rather than new shelters, the Bronx Dem is pushing a plan with Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D - Queens) to create a rent subsidy program to reduce reliance on homeless shelters by making it easier for people to stay in their homes.

The number of homeless people in central New York is down, according to a report on the state of Homelessness in 2015 for Syracuse and Onondaga County.

It is well - known throughout political circles that in the 1980» and 90's, Westchester County purposely moved people living on Welfare, Receiving Section 8 Vouchers, and homeless shelters to cities like Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, Peekskill and other high minority populated areas and did not give financial assistance to fund support programs for the large migration of needy families that were purposely sent to these cities by the Westchester County government.

Half of the rental homes that come on the market as a result of this legislation would be set aside for homeless people.

By Victoria Cavaliere and Brendan O'Brien NEW YORK / MILWAUKEE (Reuters)- A deadly blast of arctic air shattered decades - old temperature records as it enveloped the eastern United States on Tuesday, snarling air, road and rail travel, driving energy prices higher and overwhelming shelters for homeless people.