February 17, 2012

Friday Round-up: this week in the news

  • Rising number of homeless families has left the District struggling to find enough safe shelter space during hypothermia season: http://bit.ly/y90yRh
  • President Obama proposes increases in funding during 2013 to programs that will help bring us closer to ending homelessness in America: http://bit.ly/x5OlgI
  •  Interesting reflection about how we talk about men and women who are homeless: http://bit.ly/AhcZ3X
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