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cops will immediately arrest people for being homeless. In other areas, however, police will have to first tell the homeless person that they have the option of being forced to go to a shelter. If the person refuses the shelter, then police will arrest...
“I haven’t found a better place,” said Hernandez, who has been on the waiting list for a shelter for three years. At least in this spot, he lives close to his friends and gets along with most of the people in the encampment, Hernandez said. Hernandez and others admit it is not...
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Like much of the unhoused population in Los Angeles and elsewhere, the 15 patients Akido cares for on this stretch of Long Beach Avenue suffer from an array of maladies, all made significantly worse by the lack of permanent, safe shelter. ...
Shelter House, Inc, Fairfax, VA — $2.5 million Stewpot Community Services, Inc., Jackson, MS — $1.25 million Tarrant County Homeless Coalition, Fort Worth, TX — $2.5 million Temporary Emergency Services, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL —$1 million ...
A 34-year-old woman said she completed dental and medical assistant’s school in Bakersfield and came to Los Angeles five months ago to look for a job. She is on welfare and lives in a downtown Los Angeles hotel. These people need more than food, LaVine said. They need shelter and wo...
Homeless older adults suffer from significantly higher rates of chronic illness compared to homeless individuals under the age of 50 as well as compared to the general older population (Cohen, 1999; Greater Vancouver Shelter Strategy [GVSS], 2013; Vance, 1995). In addition, concerns such as ...