Using Lewins force field analysis, we explore why changes to some institutional forms amidst COVID persisted while novel approaches to shelter dissipated. We conclude that directly involving unhoused people in the design and implementation of homeless services may improve outcomes....
"If they don't even have enough money to eat, how are they going to pay for a face mask, antibacterial gel, gloves? They don't even have money for coffee, or food," said Kenya Cuevas, who runs Casa de las Muñecas, a shelter for transsexual sex workers....
A Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval base has died at the age of 103 Associated PressDec. 31, 2024 PlayStations for Guns Are Offered up in New Orleans ...
The HOPE Team has exclusive access to about 800 shelter beds, or about a third of all shelter beds in the city; those beds can only be filled by the HOPE Team, which leads to a shortage of beds for other providers trying to find beds for clients who are actively seeking shelter, as ...
Los Angeles County has developed this data-driven, multi-layered Geographic Information System (GIS) planning tool to help guide City and County policymakers’ efforts, both at the County and city level, to respond urgently and effectively to homelessness and inform the public and community stakehol...
homeless people for sleeping or resting "anywhere on public property at any time with so much as a blanket to survive the cold" and said the laws make it "physically impossible for a homeless person who does not have access to shelter" to stay in Grants Pass without facing fines and jail...
Colorectal cancer screening among the homeless population of New York City shelter-based clinics. Am J Public Health. 2014;104(7):1307-13. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301792. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Yu SWY, Hill C, Ricks ML, Bennet J, Oriol NE. The scope and...
As Camping Ban Looms, Burien Considers Privately Owned Lot Near Library as Potential Shelter Site By Erica C. Barnett On Monday night, the Burien City Council decided not to immediately approve abillthat would ban sleeping outdoors in the city “at any time between sunset and sunrise,” opt...
The majority of those experiencing chronic homelessness in 2023 also were unsheltered, according to the report, meaning they were sleeping in tents, on streets, in cars or other places "not meant for human habitation," rather than in a shelter or other form of temporary housing. Despi...
The $6 million project is not a walk-up homeless shelter, said Lisa Morris Hibbler, city community services chief and complex director. It will accept ambulance deliveries of people who have no place to live but have been exposed to the coronavirus, show symptoms such as cough or...