We met an 18-year old homeless young man tonight on NightWatch. We found him emergency shelter for the weekend. And we told him about Joseph’s House (Greensboro) and I Am Now (High Point), the local transitional living programs for homeless young men. We’re praying that one of them will have … > read more
Today is National Homeless Persons Memorial Day. We remember and honor the following people who died in 2007 while homeless in Guilford County: Charlie, Dominic, Frosty, Jodi, Michelle
Recovery Innovations is literally saving lives — and bringing hope and wellness to people with mental illness in Greensboro. Read “At darkest hour, morning breaks,” by Lorraine Ahearn in the News & Record.
In Sunday’s N&R, Lorraine Ahearn writes about the new housing support team that’s providing permanent supportive housing for our chronically homeless friends: “An hour before dawn on a jagged stretch of West Lee Street, they shine a flashlight beam under an abandoned loading dock, down a back alley, into every … > read more
“For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected, that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not.” Dostoevsky National Homeless Persons … > read more
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YES! Weekly follows up on the winter shelter situation in Winston. Providers are trying to find emergency winter shelter beds for homeless people in the wake of the City’s decision to institute a 100-bed cap on homeless shelters. A church stepped up to offer overflow space, but state law requires … > read more
It began (publicly) with a Sunday, Nov. 18th News and Record editorial about the new county drug treatment center. “Double talk on crack?” “The right approach?” “Has the vision changed?” “Mixed messages?” On Nov. 23rd, Guilford Center director Billie Martin-Pierce’s counterpoint was published, detailing the process the county used to … > read more