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June 27, 2017 by poverty2professional
Need to find a shelter? No problem. Thank you, Tuck Sleep Foundation!
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, shelters
| Tags: health, homelessness, mental health, poverty, rest, sleep
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August 16, 2016 by poverty2professional
Finally moving into a home after being without one for so long can be an incomparable relief.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: cold winter shelter, counseling, dental care, family shelter, food insecurity, guide to homelessness, health, healthcare, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless family shelter, homeless recovery, homeless teenager, homelessness, mental health, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, recovering from homelessness, resources while homeless, shelters, sleep, survival tips, surviving homelessness, teen homelessness
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August 8, 2016 by poverty2professional
Finally! A housing voucher! But you have 60 days to find a landlord who accepts it. Go.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness
| Tags: advice, family shelter, guide to homelessness, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless family shelter, homeless teenager, homelessness, housing voucher, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, section 8, shelters, surviving homelessness, teen homelessness
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June 22, 2016 by poverty2professional
If home is where the heart is, then I lived at my father’s side. With Father’s Day being just this …
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Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: family shelter, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless family shelter, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, survival tips, surviving homelessness, teen homelessness
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June 16, 2016 by poverty2professional
Sleeping, eating, standing around…wait, you could get a ticket for that?!
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: criminalization of homelessness, criminalizing homelessness, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, surviving homelessness
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May 31, 2016 by poverty2professional
When life is anything but, what becomes your new “normal”?
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: guide to homelessness, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless family shelter, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, surviving homelessness, teen homelessness
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May 25, 2016 by poverty2professional
When you take the plunge, go with the flow.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Homeless in High School
| Tags: college access, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, shelters, surviving homelessness
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May 12, 2016 by poverty2professional
Blogging in real time, Kristen Smith has had to navigate homelessness as a single mother with two daughters.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness
| Tags: family shelter, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless mothers, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional
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April 26, 2016 by poverty2professional
No Net, no printers, but I wasn’t about to be inconvenienced out of applying to college.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Homeless in High School
| Tags: higher education, homeless and tech, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, homelessness and technology, surviving homelessness, tech for homeless
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April 11, 2016 by poverty2professional
If you’re poor you get two free shots at the SAT. And then you realize you’re missing your student ID.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Homeless in High School
| Tags: college access, high school, higher education, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, poverty to professional, SAT, standardized testing, surviving homelessness
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