"I think there is more need," said Sue Nickerson, who is executive Secretary of Student Affairs and coordinator for the Northwest Missouri State pantry. She said a recent assessment at her school showed about 35 percent of students there need help with food, or are having to decide between eating and paying bills. … [Read more...] about Think college students are privileged? Nearly a third are hungry and homeless
Homelessness
Amid homeless ‘emergency,’ LA seeks to shelter every person on street by end of the year
The move also comes as city leaders have been under pressure to provide more immediate shelter and assistance to the homeless, who are frequently uprooted and shifted around the city as a result of growing requests by some residents demanding that the encampments be cleared away by sanitation officials. … [Read more...] about Amid homeless ‘emergency,’ LA seeks to shelter every person on street by end of the year
LA to offer hepatitis A vaccine to city employees who work with homeless
A motion approved on a 12-0 vote directs the city’s Personnel Department to report on which classifications of municipal employees should be vaccinated against hepatitis A, and notes that the disease poses a significant health risk to the homeless and those who come into regular contact with them, including those who work in the police and fire departments. … [Read more...] about LA to offer hepatitis A vaccine to city employees who work with homeless
Amid a ‘crisis,’ a vital LA County homeless shelter must stay open, leaders say
The supervisors plan to direct the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to use funds from Measure H to keep the shelter and its 93 beds at the corner of I and 60th streets in Lancaster open from April 1 through Oct. 31. Voters approved Measure H, the quarter-cent sales tax initiative passed by Los Angeles County voters in March 2017. … [Read more...] about Amid a ‘crisis,’ a vital LA County homeless shelter must stay open, leaders say
Hundreds protest homeless, sanctuary law outside Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting
Joese Hernandez, an Anaheim resident who calls himself a community organizer, said, “It’s clear how these people care about this issue because it’s happening in their backyard. But the fact of the matter is the city of Santa Ana has been dealing with the issue of homelessness for a long time and it’s about time that every city is part of the solution and offers up land for homeless people to be housed.” … [Read more...] about Hundreds protest homeless, sanctuary law outside Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting
