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For Homeless Students, Transitional Shelters Must Be Used as a Tool, Not a Roadblock

Ralph da Costa Nunez | Posted 01.09.2012

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Ralph da Costa Nunez

The Department of Education and Department of Homeless Services must work together to address the needs of homeless students, and better track the data surrounding attendance and graduation rates among this population.

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LGBT Youth Shelter Faces Licensing Problems

The New York Times | STEVEN W. THRASHER | Posted 01.06.2012

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HARD by the mouth of the Lincoln Tunnel, on one of the last ungentrified blocks of Midtown Manhattan, Metropolitan Community Church sits sandwiched be...

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Homeless Woman, Tompkins Park Regular, Dies On Sidewalk

Posted 05.25.2011

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A woman spent her last few hours sleeping on a sidewalk outside St. Brigid's Church on Avenue B. The Tompkins Square Park regular was found dead Sund...

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New York Study Leaves 200 Struggling Families To Fend For Themselves As Experiment

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Mayor Bloomberg stepped up to defend the experiment on homeless families, which bars 200 families from taxpayer-funded program homeless assist...

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Charging the Homeless "Rent"

Jerome Kilbane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerome Kilbane

By mandating that our residents set aside money, we teach them to budget and save: a life skill that is especially critical for those who are poor and thus have little to no room for error in their finances.

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Albany's Budget "Cuts" Will Cost New Yorkers Serious Money

Diane Louard-Michel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Louard-Michel

Whenever a budget battle happens, safety net services come under the gun. Albany should take a close look at innovative programs that provide needed services while offsetting spiraling expenditures in other areas.

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Homeless Shelters More Expensive Than Apartments, Study Finds

USA Today | Marisol Bello | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cities, states and the federal government pay more to provide the homeless with short-term shelter and services than what it would cost to rent perman...

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NYC Charging Rent At Homeless Shelters

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Even the homeless can't escape the high price of a night in New York City. City officials this month began charging rent to some fam...

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