StreetWatch May 17-24, 2012: GPD, baseball, community garden, tent city, homeless bunny & more!
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Step it up
Steps 1 to 3: Give it up. Steps 4 to 7: Clean it up. Steps 8 to 9: Make it up. Steps 10 to 12: Keep it up. * borrowed from my friend JB >> Read 12 Steps with Bible verses Find a program: Alcoholics Anonymous: “Alcoholics Anonymous® is a … > read more
A bike for a beer & more: Tweets from the street, 3/21-3/23/2012
Tweets I sent while doing StreetWatch homeless outreach this past week: 23 Mar 2012: Talked to homeless vets dishonorably discharged for mental illness/addiction related issues. Not eligible for VA treatment. 23 Mar 2012: Hanging out in the shade behind a store talking with 4 homeless guys about jobs, family, military … > read more
Homeless in Greensboro: State of the street, 11/21/11
Doing street outreach the past couple of weeks at homeless camps in Greensboro (and at a tent city with multiple homeless camps), I’ve seen long-familiar faces and lots of new faces. I’ve seen homeless camps spring back up in places that had emptied out for a while. I’ve seen homeless … > read more
“For the love of God people, stop giving money to drunken panhandlers.”
Kevin Barbieux caused a commotion when he posted this on Facebook: “For the love of God people, stop giving money to drunken panhandlers. These panhandlers are alcoholics and drug addicts. The money you give them will only go towards more alcohol and drugs, enabling their disease. With your money, these … > read more
Drug court: Budget cuts will cost taxpayers more $$
“A new study says that drug treatment courts, which state legislators cut funding for in the recent budget, are effective at reducing crime and drug use. Drug courts also saved an average of nearly $5,700 per participant, resulting in a net benefit of $2 for every $1 spent, according to … > read more
Guilford County homeless providers receive $1.4 million
HUD recently awarded renewal funds for existing homeless programs as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Continuum of Care Grants. Homeless service providers in Guilford County received a total of $1,449,318 — a modest increase of $8,244 overall from 2009. Most homeless service providers received the same funding as last … > read more
Detox and done, but taxpayers still pay
I’ve been trying to assist a friend who wants and needs help with recovery from addiction. My friend doesn’t have the benefit of good health insurance. Few long-term addicts do. Serious addiction often leads to unemployment, and that means no insurance. Without insurance, treatment options are limited to local and … > read more
Bottle vs. rock = Slide vs. slam
Addiction develops much more rapidly with cocaine than alcohol, often within a few weeks or months, and especially when smoked as freebase (crack). Thus, the dynamics of cocaine addiction are different from those of alcoholism, including its impact on the individual and the family. Cocaine addiction can be likened to … > read more
I never knew that Roscoe had a purple heart
Jeri Rowe writes about the life and death of James Roscoe Davis, a homeless man I first met at a Wednesday night dinner at Grace Community Church, years ago. The Roscoe I knew was chronically homeless, mentally ill, addicted. Rowe’s article revealed the Roscoe I never knew — the real … > read more