July 20, 2010
See if this sounds familiar to you: I know I should work out more. I keep intending to do so, but every time I set my mind to some new plan, something comes up. I am great at getting in my own way…
July 16, 2010
The Department of Veteran Affairs has acknowledged that women are nearly four times as likely as men to end up homeless. From NPR “Female Veterans Struggle To Stay Off Streets” http://n.pr/9kx8AI…
July 13, 2010
Last week my kids and I were in Detroit for a Tigers baseball game. We joined everyone in the stadium on that 4th of July weekend in honoring veterans. As the screen on the scoreboard projected th…
July 9, 2010
The National Alliance to End Homelessness’s first installment of “Examining the Federal Plan”- they begin on their blog with Youth Homelessness. http://bit.ly/du0soX Expenses Up + Wages…
July 7, 2010
As we’ve talked about before on the blog, many of the women who come to Calvary are survivors of past trauma and abuse. And post traumatic stress disorder, a common illness for veterans, is somethin…
July 2, 2010
From the Washington Post: Area foundations’ giving dropped 9.6% in 2009 after economy crashed http://bit.ly/b8S8Bk Sen.Tom Coburn (R-Okla) blocks a bill that would provide benefits to female vet…
June 29, 2010
As I reported in our most recent newsletter, one of Calvary’s most popular Life Skills Education classes, Ask the Nurse, has returned! This past week I was able to attend a session with our new volu…
June 25, 2010
An excellent article from the The Huffington Post about the TANF Emergency Fund and what’s at state if the Senate doesn’t act soon: Subsidized Jobs Programs Peaking as Expiration Looms. h…
June 22, 2010
During the winter we hear so much about people who are homeless and the dangers posed by the cold winter weather. What people don’t always realize is how dangerous the hot weather can be for those…