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New York Homeless

Herminia Rojas: Homeless Mom Travels Over Two Hours Daily To Educate Her Children

nydailynews.com | Rachel Monahan | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

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She's got no job, no apartment, no husband - but Herminia Rojas is making sure her kids have something: a decent education. The 41-year-old newly hom...

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IBM Fights Homelessness With Handheld Device Used By Social Workers

Posted 10.08.2009 | Impact

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A handheld device provided to social service workers in New York City by IBM has drastically improved the time it takes to place a homeless person in ...

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Running Out of Beds

Mary Brosnahan | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Section 8, New York Homeless, New York City Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs, New York Homeless Shelters, Homelessness, Recession, Michael Bloomberg, New York News
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Mayor Bloomberg's responsible for this crisis. Since Bloomberg cut homeless families off from Section 8 vouchers and public housing priority, more families, not less, poured into the shelter system.

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Homeless Families Flock To New York In Summer

New York Times | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York

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Many New Yorkers view summer as a time for vacations, camp and lazy days at the beach. But city officials have been preparing for quite a different su...

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