Sentences with phrase «shelters of today»

The result is that «traditional» shelters of today are often just as interested in raising their live release rates as No Kill shelters.

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True, many things are cheaper to buy than a generation ago, but the big - ticket items like shelter and post-secondary education are taking a much bigger bite out of household budgets today.
A big dilemma for Muslims today is that many have lost the shelter of the Islamic state.
It is also the dimensions that most clearly demonstrates the unchristian faith to young people today, surfacing in a spate of negative perceptions: judgmental, bigoted, sheltered, right - wingers, hypocritical, insincere, and uncaring.
The good news is that thousands of World Vision staff from around the world will continue their good work today - building wells, providing life - saving vaccinations, caring for Syrian refugees, partnering with communities to develop business and agricultural opportunities, lifting families out of poverty, and feeding, clothing, and sheltering vulnerable children.
Today a low stucco building on the west edge of Giralda houses the shelter's kennels, first - aid room and canine library.
Instead, the program is intended to serve the millions of impoverished American children whose parents can not send them to school with a home - packed lunch for a whole host of possible reasons that never seem to cross Parker's mind: the family's SNAP benefits fail to cover a month's worth of healthful food, in light of today's rising food costs; there is only one parent in the household and he or she works one or more jobs and is not home to pack a lunch; one or both caretakers are drug - addicted, mentally ill, physically disabled or otherwise unable to adequately provide for their children; the family lives in a homeless shelter and lacks access to kitchen facilities; the family lives in a food desert where healthful groceries are scarce, etc. etc..
As Mr. de Blasio did in Albany, Mr. Fuleihan today criticized the state budget for presenting cuts to homelessness programs, even as the number of New York City residents in shelters continues to rise.
WHITE PLAINS, NY - In recognition of the county's successful efforts in addressing homelessness, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino today announced that the Department of Social Services (DSS) has been awardeda $ 2.1 million federal grant to continue its efforts to get people out of shelters and into permanent housing.
Ms. Quinn is now the president and CEO of Win, or Women in Need, a nonprofit that provides shelter to homeless women and families, and was hosting the mayor today at a Win shelter in East New York.
In his State of the State speech today in Albany, Cuomo laid out plans to spend money on roads, schools, the environment, transportation, homeless shelters and housing.
According to the homelessness charity Shelter, the result of these changes is that private sector tenants today bear 70 per cent of the cost of their rents.
Shelter today welcomed the broad range of measures, but called on the government to consider the underlying causes of homelessness.
Meanwhile Shelter has insisted that most of the new starter homes promised under plans announced by Cameron today will be unaffordable for many working families.
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The number of people sleeping in New York City homeless shelters has risen to nearly 60,000, according to an official city count released today, reviving questions about the effectiveness of Mayor Bill de Blasio's policies to combat homelessness.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today a range of reforms to suppress violence and crime in the city's troubled homeless shelter system — which include plans to have cops train on - site security staff and place an NYPD unit in charge of drawing up a comprehensive safety plan.
The second Housing Report published today by the National Housing Federation, Shelter and the Chartered Institute of Housing warns that the government is not doing nearly enough.
«People have been attacked and victimized in some shelters, and some would rather stay outside in the frigid cold than risk entering — and they are right to do it,» Mr. Cuomo said today in his State of the State address.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for the closure of a homeless drop - in shelter and four public pools, while encouraging a reduction of public facilities in his unveiling of a four - year financial plan for the five boroughs today.
NEW YORK — Today, the Department of Homeless Services and Council Member Ritchie Torres announced a new homeless shelter will be opened in the Bronx next month to meet the needs of homeless LGBTQ young adults (ages 21 - 30).
Mayor Bill de Blasio today blamed «miscommunication» for his administration's latest spat with the governor over a deal that would allow the state to subsidize rents for homeless families to transition out of the city's crammed shelter system.
And today, a number of council members pushed the administration on whether such efforts would significantly reduce the homeless population given its overwhelming size — in January, shelter occupancy reached a new high of 53,615 people and Commissioner Taylor testified today that 10,357 families entered the shelter system in calendar year 2013.
Start planning your next adventure today and make the Northblu your shelter of choice.
Today I got totally surprised by heavy rainfall and like most people around I hadn't thought of bringing an umbrella along, luckily I was in Chinatown so I found shelter in one of the many restaurant and enjoyed a dim sum lunch and green tea while I waited for the waterfall to stop, quite cozy actually, despite I was on my own.
Nichols has said that Take Shelter was born from a desire to capture an anxiety he felt in the air in the first years of the 21st century, and a certain intangible dread permeates the film — a feeling of Old Testament hellfire and brimstone marbled with the realities of life in today's America: a moribund economy, healthcare woes, lives surrendered to credit.
Guadagnino makes A Bigger Splash feel like «Emotional Rescue», with its high gloss and louche millionaire swagger, before shifting into the apocalyptic doom boogie of «Gim me Shelter» («A storm is threatening / my very life today»).
The other half turned out to be photographs of the shelter's signage; the book's last photo features a chalkboard message that reads in sweeping cursive letters, «Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift.
MONTEREY, Calif. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today attended the grand opening of the first completed high - tech bus shelter on the new Monterey - Salinas Transit JAZZ Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line.
Do this today: Look at your income from last year and see if you can shelter more of it.
While he is losing future purchasing power parity of his dollars today, he has sheltered his investment capital from impairment so that it can purchase investments in the future that will yield a much higher return.
The goal being we would have the safety and shelter of a paid for house plus by that time our investments and savings would have grown at an assumed 8 % real return to provide enough income (assuming a continued 8 % return) to «financially retire» with a modest life style living on $ 40,000 in today's dollars.
Today, Weyer volunteers a lot of time with the local county animal shelter (a kill facility), and AARF.
Today, that dog has been fostered and fully recovered, thanks to the immediate care of Officer Stoker and the shelter staff.
Cast of Broadways» CATS sings out for shelter cats: «Let the memories begin today
Today, The Pup Crawl raises awareness about the impact of the financial crisis on local animal shelters and rescues and money for animal shelters and rescues across the country.
PUPPY AND KITTEN MILLS ARE GLUTTING THE SYSTEM We will euthanize thousands of pets today at our animal shelters and city Animal Care & Control facilities.
Today, IHDI staff and volunteers have trained more than 1,300 shelter dogs to assist individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
As rescue pets become more and more common family members in today's households, it's wonderful to know that there are rescues and shelters out there advocating for, rescuing, and adopting out dogs with all kinds of disabilities.
Today, at Adoptapalooza, dozens of rescue groups and shelters had on hand more than 300 animals available for adoption.
Two - year - old Daisy was adopted from the Anderson Animal Shelter in South Elgin, Illinois, and today, thanks to Pathway To Living's signature See Spot Retire program, she calls the Victory Centre of Bartlett «home.»
Today we have a wonderful pet shelter with state - of - the art kennels for dogs, cats, and other family pets.
For humane societies, animal shelters, and rescue groups today, Stubby's legacy remains powerful — beautifully underscoring, as Sgt. Stubby producer - director Richard Lanni suggests, «what animals can do when given a chance in life, regardless of their origins.»
Though the dogs in this video have homes of their own now, there are plenty more dogs living in shelters today.
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA — January 15, 2018 — Cat's Cradle of the Shenandoah Valley today announced it has received a $ 32,000 grant from PetSmart Charities, the leading funder of animal welfare in North America, to help fuel its spay and neuter efforts in select zip codes in Augusta County, representing high intake zip codes for cats into the Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center, the county's public intake shelter.
The federal Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966, amended in 1971 into the more encompassing Animal Welfare Act of today, had required public shelters to hold impounded dogs and cats for at least five days before selling them to laboratories or laboratory animal suppliers.
The next round of the Animal Shelter Management Certificate Program at the University of the Pacific is starting up today, April 16!
Today, Patrick's Shelter Stories runs in 700 newspapers around the world, twice a year — both the first week of May and the first week of November — to highlight the stories of some 10 million cats and dogs (among countless other species, like rabbits and guinea pigs), who wind up in animal shelters each year.
Empty kennel runs can be found at dozens of animal shelters in Michigan today thanks to an epic adoption event which was held on October 22.
According to a recent survey conducted by Petfinder Foundation, three out of four dogs entering pet shelters today are in need of grooming, but due to limited supplies and resources, only two of them will receive it.
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