In Los Angeles, homeless capital of America, (yes, a dubious honor, indeed), they pay homeless people to count other homeless people during the yearly Point in Time Count. Author (How To Increase Homelessness) and advocate Joel John Roberts asks, “Is Using Homeless People To Count The Homeless Effective?”
“The days are numbered for all rescue missions, the paradigm of christian service has changed a lot over the past 50 years, it’s the dawning of a new age, a better age, where christians actually get involved in the lives of others, instead of just writing a check to someone … > read more
Twenty years ago, 100% of Triad Health Project’s clients were white, male homosexuals. Times have changed. Today’s THP clients: 62% male; 38% female 78% black; 18% white; 4% other 56% hetero; 28% men having sex with men; 13% IV drug users; 3% other 88% live at or below the poverty … > read more
A baby’s activity center sits in the middle of a homeless camp we visited near downtown Greensboro during the homeless count. “If you receive federal funding and state funding, you’ve got to count… They not only look at how many we count, but how we count and where we count… … > read more
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” “I submit to you that if a man hasn’t discovered something he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” “I believe that … > read more
A new study published by the National Alliance to End Homelessness reports that 744,313 Americans experienced homelessness in 2005. The numbers were compiled from local point-in-time counts of the homeless done all over the nation during 2005 for the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Acknowledging the difficulties in … > read more