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Tag Archives: homeless
Strings Attached: Federal Rules Hampering Homeless Care?
The Vanishing City
Wordless Comic by Tiger Tateishi. Source.
R.I.P. Jerome Murdough
“Homeless veteran ‘basically baked to death’ at Rikers Island while being held on trespassing charge” (NY Daily News) Murdough, 56, was found dead inside his cell on Feb. 15 — eight days after he was arrested for trespassing in the … Continue reading
Posted in Prison, Survival
Tagged abuse, conditions, cruelty, death, heat, homeless, inhuman, inhumane, jail, jeromemurdough, murder, newyorkcity, nyc, rikersisland, survival, torture, veteran
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The Case of the Missing Money: United Way and each contractor should have a Three Million Dollar insurance policy for professional errors.
The 2009 agreement made by Baltimore City and the United Way of Central Maryland contains numerous provisions that describe what will happen if grant money is misspent. These include direct liability, of United Way and of grant recipients, in the … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Money, Politics
Tagged arra, buget, corruption, dss, federal, funds, funnymoney, healthcareaccess, homeless, housing department, hprp, hud, insurance, jhr, larrywalton, legalaid, missingmoney, money, omb, paulgraziano, politics, prisonersaid, socialservices, stvincentdepaul, unitedway, uwcm
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Code Blue Murder: What Really Happened [Repost]
[Reposted from March 28, 2013] Dana Bolden and Gary Burton had been rubbing each other the wrong way for weeks. On Sunday, March 17, their conflict reached a breaking point. Bolden left the Davis St. overflow shelter, as usual, around … Continue reading
Tough Crowd for OrgCode [Repost]
[Reposted from February 15/16, 2013] Iain De Jong of Org Code met with some intense criticism yesterday (Valentine’s Day) after a presentation of his proposed revisions to the Journey Home plan. The plan was created in 2008 with the goal … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Money, Politics, Statistics
Tagged bonnielane, catholiccharities, fasanelli, homeless, housing, housingfirst, hprp, journeyhome, orgcode, planning, politics, shelter, tonysimmons, weinberg
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#Camp83 One Year Later
This time last year, the battle for #Camp83 was in full swing. Some of our online coverage has been deleted but many traces remain. Our “Storify” page contains tweets and links to news coverage that came out around that time.
Tuesdays with Maya
Got a story to tell? Come by the Word On The Street office after 3PM on Tuesdays.
Posted in Media, Survival
Tagged events, homeless, interview, maya, story, tuesdayswithmaya
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Winter Crisis Looming
With cold weather upon us, many Baltimoreans are endangered by homelessness. Our shelters are overflowing. The city’s unofficial, unlisted men’s “overflow” shelter has maxed out, now filled beyond capacity every night with 140+ men. Women have no single location; instead, … Continue reading
Homelessness In The Context Of The Overall Economic Crisis
(Notes) Homelessness In The Context Of The Overall Economic Crisis Homelessness In The Context of Root Systemic Problems We need more affordable working class housing. Why has homelessness spiked in America? -What is the case of the general economy? Production … Continue reading →