June 28, 2013
Friday Round-Up: This Week in the News
- This week the DC Council passed the fiscal year 2014 budget and made changes to the Homeless Services Reform Act. The DC Fiscal Policy Institute offers a great summary. http://www.dcfpi.org/fiscal-year-2014-budget-wrap-up (DCFPI)
- Filmmaker Rotimi Rainwater, whose new film tells a story about homeless youth and who was homeless himself as a child, is advocating on Capitol Hill and raising funds to provide much needed services. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/homeless-youth-americas-invisible-children-93353.html (Politico)
- Mashable explores the importance of digital resources for people who are homeless through this story of how a Blackberry is one man’s lifeline. http://mashable.com/2013/06/25/homeless-man-and-blackberry/ (Mashable)
- A preschool in Hawaii offers early childhood education to children who are homeless, reaching about 700 children each year. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nationally-accredited-hawaii-preschool-educates-homeless-children-at-shelters-beaches/2013/06/28/8c51a178-dfcb-11e2-8cf3-35c1113cfcc5_story.html (The Washington Post)