Sentences with phrase «on homelessness from»

He said the Council had yet to hear a «clearly articulated strategy» on homelessness from the administration.

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In total, 4.2 million young people (ages 13 - 25) experience a form of homelessness in a given year, from couch surfing to living on the streets.

Winter's Bone is the highlight of Netflix's independent films section, telling the story of a young woman from the Ozarks of America who must find her meth - cooking father to avoid eviction after dad skips bail, leaving the family on the brink of homelessness.

Trillions of dollars spent on religious centers like this from all faith and we still have massive poverty and homelessness in the world.

A Christian charity has received # 25,000 of funds raised from a sleepout held in Edinburgh overnight on Saturday to raise money to tackle homelessness.

As we explore these issues our itinerary will be as follows: (1) we shall look first at several ways in which reflection on science has contributed to the feeling of cosmic exile and therefore to our environmental carelessness; (2) then we shall examine how theologies from our own Christian tradition that have hovered closely, even though critically, around modern scientific cosmologies have perpetuated the same feeling of cosmic exile; and (3) finally we shall look briefly at how a cosmological understanding of religion centering on the notion of adventure can both reconcile us to the evolving universe and at the same time allow us to embrace the feeling of religious homelessness present in religious teachings.

All are welcome, AND we are especially focused on serving people who are transitioning from homelessness; people living with HIV; people in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse; and people with chronic mental health challenges.

Against a backdrop of rising homelessness, we ask the government again to rethink this ill - conceived policy and to ensure disabled people receiving disability living allowance, and other vulnerable people, are exempt from the bedroom tax before it comes into effect on April 1st.»

To shift thinking on multiple exclusion homelessness away from «a priori» organisational categorisations, toward inductive analyses which start from the perspectives of people with relevant first - hand experience.

Our Time Press editorial from BP Adams explaining his views on homelessness and how Brooklynites can work together to combat this issue in the borough.

On issues ranging from housing to jobs to homelessness, Brian will be a partner in moving our state forward.

In announcing the watch list, Stringer noted that citywide spending on homelessness across all agencies has more than doubled from $ 1.1 billion in FY 2013 to a projected $ 2.6 billion in FY 2019, resulting in a need to monitor DHS spending.

Leading homelessness charities St Mungo's and Thames Reach worked on a scheme to tackle «entrenched» rough sleeping in London, which also involved immigration enforcement teams removing people from the country against their will.

The city's reliance on commercial hotels is «truly out of control,» Stringer said, noting that almost half of the increased spending on homelessness across all city agencies has come from an boost in spending on these types of shelters.

Meanwhile, many, especially from New York City, are watching closely to see what the governor outlines around homelessness, the latest issue on which Cuomo has decided to undermine and supercede de Blasio.

De Blasio said the Big Apple was struggling with «a different kind of homelessness» that's «more and more about economic reality» — a major reversal from previous claims that the problem was on the decline.

In an effort to show he's serious on New York's homelessness epidemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he's doubling the number of the city's drop - in centers — from four to eight.

We want to see a move away from silo funding focused solely on targets such as NEETs, homelessness and drug treatment.

Oral Questions - Assisting families facing homelessness as a result of housing benefit changes due in April - Baroness Turner of Camden; Face - to - face careers guidance for all young people in schools - Baroness Jones of Whitchurch; Effects of local council tax support schemes on poverty - Lord McKenzie of Luton; Representations received from the public on the negotiations for the new EU budget perspective period to 2020 - Lord Dykes

At 5:30 p.m., the Queens Borough Board, chaired by Borough President Melinda Katz, will hear a presentation on homelessness in the borough from Steven Banks, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, Queens Borough Hall, 120 - 55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Queens.

In an effort to show he's serious on New York's homelessness epidemic, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he's doubling the number of the city's drop - in centers — from four to eight.

Cuomo took questions from reporters following a rally for increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 with labor leaders, but all of the questions focused on homelessness.

De Blasio campaigned on getting rid of cluster sites, but amid a homelessness crisis the number of units grew from 2,918 during his first year at City Hall to a peak of 3,658 in 2015.

De Blasio pledged to end veteran homelessness in his State of the City speech in February, but advocates said the mayor's goal relies disproportionately on a grant from the federal government, which will help the city create a housing plan for military veterans in the shelter system.

Mangano's address covered issues ranging from veteran homelessness to the water quality in the Long Island Sound, but he focused on the revitalization of Nassau County's economy since taking office in 2009.

Two veteran Democrats are challenging Mr. de Blasio in the primary: Tony Avella, a state senator from Queens who has challenged the mayor's approach to homelessness and fought for a Staten Island family trying to keep a large pig as a pet; and Sal Albanese, an Italian - born lawyer and former City Councilman from southwestern Brooklyn who, in his third mayoral run, has argued for a new tax on nonprimary residences — a «pied - à - terre» tax — to help fund affordable housing.

The Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing led the Campaign's weekly action, bringing together activists and religious leaders from several faiths.

In the Democratic mayoral primary, de Blasio faces his biggest challenge from former city councilman Sal Albanese, who has criticized his opponent on issues ranging from homelessness to affordable housing in the city.

De Blasio also told reporters his administration has already been working on some of the issues Cuomo seized on in his speech, from homelessness to raising the minimum wage.

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.»

(Creating more housing for low - income New Yorkers, a move that was announced in yesterday's plan and differs from Bloomberg - era policies that focused heavily on middle - income affordable housing, should provide another bulwark against homelessness going forward.)

-- De Blasio tries to pivot from social, to economic issues — NYT's J. David Goodman: «As his administration struggles on some of the issues the mayor cares most deeply about, like homelessness and child welfare, he has found success on others — job creation, economic development — that can appear at times to be rhetorical afterthoughts.

Mayor de Blasio took the stage 25 minutes late for a Democratic candidates» forum Tuesday night where long - shot rivals criticized him on everything from his handling of homelessness to schools to policing.

... As the administration fights to reduce a surge in homelessness and reform its children's services approach, the mayor has increasingly seized on success stories from the business community, like record job growth and tourism.

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.

The mayor, a Democrat who gave his speech on Monday night from notes but without a text or teleprompter, focused on jobs and the affordability of the city; critical issues like homelessness and schools were, by design, not addressed.

'' If you honestly think that's true you should visit somewhere like Brighton where homelessness has gone up almost fourfold since 2010 Just yesterday I waled past over six rough sleepers on my short 5 minute journey from the supermarket to my home»

«Some of our men and women in uniform face challenges after they return from service and post-deployment homelessness is an extreme case of poor community reintegration,» says Adi V. Gundlapalli, M.D., Ph.D., a researcher with the Salt Lake City VA Health Care System, associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and corresponding author on the study.

Their cheap motel rooms, hosted in a purple monstrosity semi-teasingly named The Magic Castle and negotiated week - to - week at best, serve as a temporary respite from homelessness, their inability to invest in a more permanent future rubbed in their faces daily by the tourists just passing through on their way to somewhere better.

A study on American homelessness in the shadow of Disney World with stylistic inspiration from The Little Rascals, the film is balanced perfectly between sober reality and optimistic spirit.

On measures like poverty, access to health care, homelessness, teenage pregnancy, and nutrition, the condition of America's children differs little from that of a third - world country.

No homeless child or youth shall be discriminated against, segregated from the mainstream school population, isolated on the basis of his / her homelessness or stigmatized.

NAEHCY also provides students with a number of resources that range from tips for accurately completing the FAFSA to podcasts on college access for students experiencing homelessness.

His work focused primarily on urban social issues, including public housing, homelessness, and, from 1995 - 7, Denver Public Schools.

Many of the students cope with violence and homelessness; some were on the verge of being expelled from school and were quite familiar faces in juvenile courts.

So having errors on a credit report may not just prevent you from getting a car loan but it may also lead to extended unemployment and homelessness.

Your passion can range in anything from animal rights, adoption advocacy, support for breast cancer awareness, feeding the poor, curing AIDS, reducing homelessness, and the list could go on.

The Humane Society of Tampa Bay relies on generous donations from individuals, businesses, and organizations to fulfill it's mission to end animal homelessness and provide care and comfort for companion animals in need.

«Efforts to address animal homelessness often focus on helping animals in shelters, but this research and our own community - focused programs show we need to focus just as much on keeping pets from entering shelters in the first place, specifically by helping owners access critical resources,» said Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the ASPCA.

A percentage of art sales from the exhibition will benefit Housing Works, the New York City - based nonprofit focused on ending homelessness and AIDS.