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HOMELESS FACTS AND LINKS
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO HELP
Books
Beyond the Shelter Wall: Homeless Families Speak Out by Ralph DeCosta Nunez. 2004
Stories from real families about the experience of homelessness.
Current Controversies: Poverty and the Homeless. M. Williams, Editor. 2004.
Essays on various aspects of the homeless problem. Very enlightening.
Online
Home at Last? PBS NOW with David Brancaccio. www.pbs.org/now A documentary on one approach to ending homelessness for the chronically homeless called housing first.
www.coalitionforthehomeless.org The Coalition is the nation's oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women and children. Dedicated to the principle that decent shelter, sufficient food, affordable housing, and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society, the Coalition works through litigation, public education, and direct services to ensure that these goals are realized.
www.hfhnyc.org Homes for the Homeless is the nationa's largest provider of residential, education, and employment training centers - serving over 630 homeless families and over 1,200 homeless children each day at five separate sites across New York City. Dubbed American Family Inns, these sites function as communities of opportunity, carefully integrating a network of on-site education, employment and famiy support services that address the multiple causes of homelessness.
www.naeh.org National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) is a nonpartisam organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the US. It works collaboratively with public, private, and nonprofit sectors to buid state and local service programs and policies. It provides data and research to policymakers and elected officials to inform policy debates and educate the public.
www.nationalhomeless.org The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community based and faith based service providers, and other committeed to end homelessness. They work to create the systemic and attitudinal changes necessary to prevent and end homelessness.
www.urban.org The Urban Institute seeks to promote sound social policy and public debate on national priorities. It gathers and analyzes data, conducts policy research, evaluates programs and services, and educates Americans on critical issues and trends.
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