Tag Archives: homeless families

  1. Counting Blessings: How Lucky I was to be a Homeless Teenager

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    February 29, 2016 by poverty2professional

    It was lucky for us that I was a teenager. I was bigger, more autonomous, and just a little less helpless.

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  2. Shelter Rules

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    February 22, 2016 by poverty2professional

    “This is like being in prison, but you haven’t done anything wrong.”

    Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Understanding Homelessness | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  3. Pound Puppies

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    February 17, 2016 by poverty2professional

    It didn’t take long to come up with a euphemism for our new place of residence. We called our shelter the Pound.

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  4. Admitted!…To a Shelter

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    February 1, 2016 by poverty2professional

    The day I turned 17, I got the weirdest birthday gift of my life: my father and I were admitted to a family shelter. I wondered if this is what it felt like to be admitted to college.

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  5. A Wolf and No Door

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    January 12, 2016 by poverty2professional

    How far away from homelessness are you? If you lost your job tomorrow, do you have enough months’ worth of rent in the bank to hustle a new job?

    Category: Understanding Homelessness | Tags: , , , , ,

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