Public health Homeless mortality in Harris County in 2008 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Elaine Symanski StaggsSaraLittle research has been on homeless mortality, but what has been done indicates that homeless people have higher mortality rates than the general population. Homeless ...
Safe and Affordable Homes:Everyone deserves a safe and stable place to call home in Harris County. To address our region’s housing crisis, the county is working to increase access to safe, stable, and affordable homes; protect tenants; encourage homeownership; reduce homelessness; and help peop...
every fall, put together a warm blanket and pajama drive for the homeless folks who stay in Denver shelters as winter moves in. It’s gotten really big over the years, and it’s something we look forward to all year. Last year, we collected nearly a thousand blankets alone. Now...
was that the sky is the limit on what one can achieve with effort and determination and that, in this process, it is important not to lose sight of those who get left behind by social neglect or abuse and lack of access to resources or ‘privilege’; also not to get ‘swell...
2 to discuss his organization’s report and its major conclusions after profiling six district attorneys in Philadelphia; Dallas County, Texas; Baltimore; Bexar County, Texas; Cook County, Illinois; and St. Louis. On Philadelphia, the report goes into some detail about the O’Connor case and...
But hearing the story did make me feel closer to him. Because my husband and son and I, every fall, put together a warm blanket and pajama drive for the homeless folks who stay in Denver shelters as winter moves in. It’s gotten really big over the years, and it’s something we loo...