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“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ #Homeless Sweeps
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Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so they could explain what they lost in their own words.
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.Rogé Karma (The Atlantic)
In more than 700 cases over five years, #Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found.
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
#News #FosterCare #Children #Family #Parents #Housing #Poverty
(Published Jan. 2024)
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When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.ProPublica
ginny is homeless after a severe flooding from a hurricane and needs help covering temporary housing and food for them and their pets.
"I have been to hospital 4 times in the past few weeks. I am in near constant either pain or panic and am alone with no family or anyone nearby."
ginny is an orphan and a survivor of nazi harrassment, anything helps!
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NEW! When you support my work for $15/month or more, a glossy postcard with personal note and featuring photography from my current photo/poetry project (Come Outside) will be yours.Ginny (Ginny.Today)
"#TayTonday:
Being poor now just leads to being more poor later.
Can't pay to clean your teeth? Next year, pay for a root canal. Can't pay for a new mattress? Next year, pay for back surgery. Can't pay to get that lump checked out?
Next year, pay for stage 3 cancer. Poverty charges interest."
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Research in Practice have our annual adults conference today on the impact of poverty in adult social care. This blogpost covers what we'll be looking at researchinpractice.org.uk/adul… Will be tweeting for us in the bad place using #PartnershipC, will also post what stuck out for me here using the same hashtag
