January 29, 2010
Friday Round-Up: This week in the news
- Over 15 million women are poor and women were 35% more likely to live in poverty than men in ’08 http://bit.ly/dzK9CX
- At least 43 states have imposed cuts that hurt the most vulnerable residents. http://www.cbpp.org/t266
- Fairfax Co. approved a plan to end homelessness, increase affordable housing stock, and reduce waiting lists http://bit.ly/cuLWcL
- In 2009 more than 15% of households in MD reported not having enough money to buy food. http://bit.ly/7FoTa1
- Interesting Orlando Sentinel commentary on the increased sympathy towards those who are homeless in the cold. http://tinyurl.com/yexfjyf
- Recasting Homelessness As Life Or Death – a vulnerability index in Hartford http://bit.ly/70OQ7f
- Homeless Men and Dogs Heal Together: http://tinyurl.change.org/YwEQJ
- In 2005, one-third of the homeless people in D.C. were children http://bit.ly/7MJPdb