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Via email, from Tim Clontz, Executive Vice President, Health Services, Moses Cone Health System. Posted with permission:

Tim Clontz, VP, Moses Cone (image source: mosescone.com)

Moses Cone Health System and High Point Regional Health System want to continue providing care to underserved adults and children in Guilford County and have been negotiating a contract to do so for two years.

Read more on Moses Cone VP Tim Clontz on Guilford County health care cut…

PRESS RELEASE

Jehan Benton-Clark
For Immediate Release
336.553.2715 (O)
336.215.1295 (M)
Jehan@PartnersEndingHomelessness.org

State of Homelessness in Guilford County

Guilford County, NC—March 22, 2010– Homelessness has become a national issue of significant proportion with over 300 cities and counties across the country implementing plans to address this human tragedy.  In Guilford County, the Partners Ending Homelessness Initiative focuses on actively implementing, evaluating and updating Guilford County’s Ten Year Plan which is aimed at improving the quality of life for all residents of Guilford County by ending chronic homelessness and reducing all types of homelessness by 2016. The Partners Ending Homelessness Initiative focuses on generating housing and strengthening prevention & supportive services.
Read more on State of Homelessness in Guilford County: March 2010…

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Susanna Birdsong of the NC Coalition to End Homelessness, in the Catawba Valley Citizen:

“The amount of federal dollars allocated to homelessness every year is based in part on U.S. Census data, and people who experience homelessness have historically been grossly underrepresented in the Census. They don’t have mailing addresses. They are misinformed about eligibility. They don’t get counted, and so perpetuate the current underfunding of solutions. Census data informs over $400 Billion in spending on things like schools, job training and housing every year.

Read more on Accurate US Census count will help NC homeless…

SAVE THE DATE for the HOUSING SUMMIT 2010

Housing Matters for a Sustainable Greensboro:
We’re on the path to a green, health, affordable, fair future!

When: February 23, 2010
Time: 8:30am – 1:30 pm
Location: Greensboro Coliseum

Read more on Housing Summit 2010…

On 11/28/2009, the News & Record ran a story about a homeless refugee in Greensboro, quoting State Refugee Coordinator Marlene Myers: “It may be the first case like this.” But it’s probably not.

Read more on Police sergeant finds help for (another) homeless refugee…

"The block" at Lee & Eugene Streest; image credit: News & Record

A friend contacted me yesterday to tell me that police were no longer allowing people to stand on “the block,” a well-known and long-time gathering spot at the corner of Lee and Eugene Streets near the homeless shelter, soup kitchen and health clinic.  Traditionally, most of the people who stood out on the corner were homeless, and many of them spent their time on the block drinking. Today, I received reports from a number of sources with information about what may have led to the clearing of the block.

Read more on Alston meets with residents; Bellamy clears block; day center gets $275K…

From a friend to me, on Facebook:

“I have 2 stories for you tonight. one. A man got beat up last night at Urban Ministries by three kids who live down in Saint James.(he didnt know what hit him or who did it cause he was intoxicated.) The second thing that happened happened three and a half hours later. A guy got stabbed over an altercation at about 11:15pm last night-At Urban Ministries. More details in my status. i was there when both things happened. i know all parties involved in both altercations.”

On her wall, she wrote:

Read more on Greensboro homeless violence: Two people assaulted in separate incidents outside shelter…

A homeless man, Ronald Wrenn, was hit by a car on Friday night while crossing South Eugene Street on his way to the Salvation Army Center of Hope’s emergency overflow night shelter.  He died shortly afterward** at Moses Cone Hospital.  I found out just after it happened from our church’s outreach director, Marshall, who’d talked to the downtown cops that we do street outreach with.  They’d just been at the scene of the accident.  I went by the hospital later to check on him and found out that he’d died.  Family members had already been notified.  I had posted a message to Facebook earlier, asking all our friends to pray for him, but I waited to blog about it because the information had not yet been released to the public.  It was posted on the web site of the News & Record a little while ago, so I’m posting it now, too.

Read more on Homeless man struck and killed by car on his way to shelter…

Earlier today, I posted information received from an HCD staff member with the City of Greensboro, detailing the relocation of 26 former residents of the Coliseum Inn, which was purchased by the City in November, and has since been closed. I questioned the low number of residents relocated, knowing that the hotel’s occupancy rate was far greater than 26 people. There were hundreds of people living at the hotel. I haven’t received any further information from the City, but tonight, I spoke to a homeless friend who gave me the names and locations of half a dozen of his friends who lost their housing when the Coliseum Inn closed, and are now back on the street, living outside — homeless. He told me that he could make me a  longer list with the names of everyone he knows who got kicked out and is back on the street, and I plan to sit down with him and get that list.

Read more on City’s closing of Coliseum Inn increases homelessness in Greensboro…

From Liz Seymour:

Some of the homeless people who participate in the Interactive Resource Center–the new interim day center–have organized a daily discussion on homelessness and are inviting everyone in the community to participate. The discussions will be follow the “fishbowl” format: those who have or are experiencing homelessness will talk, and the people who have never been homeless will listen. No matter what your experience is with homelessness this should be a great opportunity to learn!

Read more on When Things Fall Apart: A Community Discussion on Homelessness…

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I’ve visited the women’s winter emergency shelter at Grace Community Church the past two nights, and it’s a peaceful and happy place to be. I already knew most of the homeless women who are staying there, but it’s so cool to get to hang out with them at night like this. It’s like a big slumber party, which is exactly what we all talked about at the library months ago, when I first spoke to some of these ladies about winter shelter, and asked what they thought about doing a women’s-only shelter at Grace. They were excited about the idea, and I have to say, it’s even better than what we imagined.

Read more on Shelter, safety, rest, peace: Homeless women find refuge at Grace…

For the mom who was searching for this info: I hope you come back and read this.  I’m praying for you.  God bless you and your baby.

Can crack cocaine come through your breast milk?  The answer is yes. This web page gives info on crack cocaine and breast feeding.  Crack stays in a mom’s breast milk for 48 hours after her last use.  Babies can become addicted through their mom’s breast milk, and can suffer seizures and extreme irritability from the crack. Research has shown that babies can ingest crack cocaine through their mom’s breast milk, and that severe brain damage or even death can occur, if the amount of cocaine is high enough.   Read this article for more information.

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