THIS is Girl Power
BIG THANK YOU to Brownie troop #32688 of Marin county who recently held a “mini diaper drive” for us! They collected 688 diapers plus 1300 wipes! And how awesome is this: they …
Since October, 2009 a little known federal program, the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), has assisted an estimated 600,000 Americans in avoiding homelessness. The micro-funds provided by HPRP are used to cover expenses such as rent checks, security deposits, utility bills, and moving expenses.
According to a recent Time Magazine article, struggling families have been especially hard hit in the recession:
Meanwhile, unemployment and foreclosure have sent tens of thousands of families into financial free fall. At the beginning of 2009, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities projected that the severe recession and the growth of long-term unemployment would push an additional 1.5 million people into the streets. Asks Roman: “Why should we think that people can get their lives together, get a job, keep their kids in school, when they live in a van or a shelter? It is not reasonable. People need the stability of a home. You need housing to be employed. It’s the platform for everything else.” With long-term unemployment at record highs, Congress is considering providing an additional $1 billion in funding for HPRP as part of a forthcoming jobs bill.
Micro-funds to keep people off the streets and on the road back to self sufficiency. Now THIS is the kind of stimulus we could get behind.
We’d love to hear from folks on the front lines - what do you think of this program? Do you think providing these types of funds to qualifying individuals works?
Since last week each and everyone of us has had the Haitian people in our hearts and minds. We are all connected to each other, despite national borders and different cultures. For those of us …
Check out this video produced by Tacoma Rescue Mission to hear what it really is like to be a homeless child (found by way of Change.org).:
Children’s Stories from Tacoma Rescue Mission on Vimeo.
This is a guest post from our friend Kristine Brite (@kristinebrite). Kristine was one of our first supporters on Twitter and we actively followed her pregnancy and birth of her baby girl Cora. Thank …
The Contra Costa Times reports a huge jump in homeless students in the county and region.
According to the federal government, any student currently living in a homeless shelter, motel, living with friends or family, or without permanent residence …
What a year!
When we started HAMO in the spring of this year we thought we were going to do a health and hygiene drive, maybe collect extra hotel soaps and a thousand diapers and wipes – …
Wow!
Thank you to all the staff at the San Francisco office of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney who collected diapers for HPP!
I just received this email message from Sharon at Homeless Prenatal Program:
I have dubbed you our …
