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April 18, 2017 by poverty2professional
Every day we have countless opportunities to help others. But do we take them?
Category: Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: advice, assistance, donation, Easter, giving up, health, homelessness, indifference, Lent, mental health, poverty, poverty to professional, shelters, volunteering
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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 1, 2016 by poverty2professional
“There was once a Scruffy Dog who would push his Egg wherever they went…”
Category: Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: advice, family shelter, guide to homelessness, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless family shelter, homeless teenager, homelessness, mental health, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, shelters, surviving homelessness, teen homelessness
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July 26, 2016 by poverty2professional
$1,000 rent increase. Why? Because they can.
Category: Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: family shelter, gentrification, highland park, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless family shelter, homeless teenager, homeless women, homelessness, marmion apartments, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, shelters, surviving homelessness, teen homelessness
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July 18, 2016 by poverty2professional
One thing sets some volunteers at homeless shelters apart from others.
Category: Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: advice, domestic violence, donation, family shelter, guide to homelessness, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless family shelter, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, shelters, surviving homelessness, teen homelessness, volunteering, volunteers
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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 16, 2016 by poverty2professional
A look at two vulnerable segments within our homeless community.
Category: Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: guide to homelessness, homeless blog, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, surviving homelessness
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March 21, 2016 by poverty2professional
Teenagers are recommended 9+ hours of sleep a night. But I was a homeless teenager. 9 hours doesn’t happen.
Category: Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: college access, health, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, mental health, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, shelters, sleep, surviving homelessness
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