Greensboro’s homeless day center open on Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day

Michele (CM) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:35:35 +0000

Good news! The Interactive Resource Center (IRC), which assists people who are homeless, recently homeless or facing homelessness, will be open from 10:00am until 2:00pm on Saturday and Sunday, December 24 and December 25 — Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day.

From the IRC’s Director, Liz Seymour: “We invite anyone who would like to start a new tradition to come down to 407 E. Washington Street and spend a little Christmas at the IRC!”

Related: Bender’s Tavern will provide shuttle service from the IRC to their restaurant for their free Christmas meal for the needy.

Guilford County homeless providers receive $1.4 million

Michele (CM) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:40:20 +0000

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 year. With non-profits scrambling to find money in a depressed economy, the HUD grant awards are welcome news.

Here is a list of the Guilford County providers who received renewal funding, along with the amount each received this year and last year:

HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDER	PROGRAM NAME		2009 HUD AWARD	2010 HUD AWARD
Alcohol and Drug Services of Guilford, Inc.	Project Home Front	SHP	$34,996	$34,996
Family Service of the Piedmont, Inc.	Clara House: emergency shelter forÂ women and children escaping domestic violence inÂ Greensboro	SHP	$70,218	$70,218
Greensboro Housing Authority	Grace Homes: housing program forÂ chronically homeless single adults with physical, mental orÂ substance abuse disabilities in Greensboro	S+CR	$0	$21,996
Greensboro Housing Authority	Home at Last: permanent supportive housing program for homeless people inÂ Greensboro	S+CR	$121,548	$0
Greensboro Housing Authority	Housing Opportunities: permanentÂ supportive housing program for homeless people in Greensboro	SHP	$477,369	$477,369
Greensboro Housing Authority	Mary’s Homes: scattered site single-familyÂ homes in High Point for homeless, substanceÂ abusing mothersÂ in recovery, and their children	S+CR	$316,152	$423,948
Greensboro Urban Ministry	Partnership Village: transitional housing for formerly homeless individuals and families in Greensboro	SHP	$59,850	$59,850
Joseph’s House, Inc.	Joseph’s House Young Adult Independent Living Program: permanent, supportive housing programÂ for homeless young adults in Greensboro who are: 1) chronicallyÂ homeless, or 2)Â victims of domestic violence, or 3) disabled	SHP	$43,730	$43,730
Mary’s House, Inc.	Mary’s House: transitional housing for mothers in recovery from substance abuse, and their minor children; located in Greensboro	SHP	$135,982	$135,982
Open Door Ministries of High Point, Inc.	Arthur Cassell Memorial Transitional Housing Program: transitional living facility in HighÂ Point for homeless recovering addicts and alcoholics	SHP	$48,919	$48,919
Open Door Ministries of High Point, Inc.	HMIS – High Point: homeless managementÂ information system	SHP	$13,750	$13,750
The Salvation Army	Case Management/After-Care	SHP	$19,274	$19,274
The Servant Center, Inc.	Servant House: transitional housingÂ program for disabled homeless men in Greensboro	SHP	$47,586	$47,586
Youth Focus Inc.	Youth Focus Transitional Living Program : serves homeless young women in GreensboroÂ agesÂ 16-21	SHP	$51,700	$51,700
			$1,441,074	$1,449,318

NOTES (from HUD.gov):

S+CR: Shelter Plus Care Program provides rental assistance for hard-to-serve homeless persons with disabilities in connection with supportive services funded from sources outside the program.
SHP: The Supportive Housing Program helps develop housing and related supportive services for people moving from homelessness to independent living. Program funds help homeless people live in a stable place, increase their skills and their income, and gain more control over the decisions that affect their lives.

Â» Click here to see all 2010 grant awards of HUD’s web site.

Can crack cocaine come through breast milk?

Michele (CM) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:55:21 +0000

Image adapted from Sean Dreilinger's original

A frequently asked question from visitors to this site:

Can crack cocaine come through breast milk?

And the answer? YES.

When a breast-feeding mom uses crack cocaine, she may pass the drug on to her baby through her breast milk, with serious effects:

“Convulsions have been seen both in infants of breast-feeding mothers using cocaine and in infants exposed to passive crack smoke inhalation. Because cocaine and its metabolites can be found in breast milk for up to 60 hours after use, breast-feeding is not recommended.”
~ p. 225, “Drug abuse and withdrawal”, S Schechner, Manual of Neonatal Care, Philadelphia, 2004

Drinking crack-cocaine-tainted breast milk can severely damage a baby, and in some cases, may lead to death. (More here.)

Addicted moms? Get help: Find a treatment program or find an NA meeting.

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Greensboro’s homeless day center open on Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day

Guilford County homeless providers receive $1.4 million

Can crack cocaine come through breast milk?