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Social
Issues - Homelessness
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Great
Web Sites
- Facts
about Homelessness
Here you will find a variety of resources from the National
Coalition for the Homeless. Read articles, fact sheets,
and reports on homelessness and related issues such as drug
addiction, domestic violence, and mental illness. The site
also contains demographic analysis of the homeless population.
- Department
of Health and Human Services Homelessness Page
Here you can read a profile of homelessness in America and
find links to government documents, publications and other
resources.
- National
Alliance to End Homelessness
This site, from a nationwide federation of public, private,
and nonprofit organizations devoted to ending homelessness,
provides facts about the causes of homelessness, policy
and legislation, fact sheets for students, recent news,
links and more.
- National
Coalition for the Homeless
This advocacy group provides plenty of information: recent
news, legislation, policy and more. Also includes sections
on housing justice, health care justice, civil rights and
overviews of the group's current projects.
- 54
Ways You Can Help the Homeless
This address links you to the full-text hyperbook written
by Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff.
- Homeless
Women's Network
This organization approaches the problem of homelessness
from the particular perspective of women, and is "dedicated
to empowering women & youth to overcome the limitations
of homelessness and poverty."
- National
Law Center for the Homeless
This site from the National Law Center on Homelessness and
Poverty contains information about legal rights and laws
regarding homeless people.
Books
in Your Libraries
- Links
to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson
Library System.
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help?
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