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  2. Joseph Kromelis - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Kromelis (1947 – December 11, 2022) known as 'Walking Man', 'Walking Dude' [1] [2] or Walking Yanni [3] was a Chicago-area homeless man and street vendor known for his physical appearance and for wandering about the city.

  3. Pacific Garden Mission - Wikipedia

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    Pacific Garden Mission is a homeless shelter which is located in the Near West Side section of Chicago, Illinois, it was founded in 1877 [1] by Colonel George Clarke and his wife, Sarah. Nicknamed "The Old Lighthouse", it is the largest homeless shelter in Chicago and among the oldest in the city, and, according to the PGM website, "is the ...

  4. The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Coalition to End Homeless (CCH) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates to prevent and end homelessness in Cook County, Illinois. They do this by organizing various outreach programs, reentry projects, housing campaigns, and releasing yearly homelessness data to the public.

  5. List of tent cities in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Santa Cruz, California: There are about 1,200 to 1,700 homeless in Santa Cruz, 3.5% of the city; many had lived or are living in Ross Camp [22] (200 people) and San Lorenzo Park (up to 300 people; closed in late 2022 [23]). Homeless tent city in Fremont Park, Santa Rosa, California, in August 2020. Tents of homeless people in San Francisco, 2017

  6. Cabrini–Green Homes - Wikipedia

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    Cabrini–Green Homes are a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.The Frances Cabrini Rowhouses and Extensions were south of Division Street, bordered by Larrabee Street to the west, Orleans Street to the east and Chicago Avenue to the south, with the William Green Homes to the northwest.

  7. Homelessness in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Mental illness in Alaska is a current epidemic that the state struggles to manage. The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness stated that as of January 2018, Alaska had an estimated 2,016 citizens experiencing homelessness on any given day while around 3,784 public school students experienced homelessness over the course of the year as well. [10]

  8. Homelessness - Wikipedia

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    Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.

  9. List of philanthropists - Wikipedia

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    Peter Cooper – set up a free college in New York City to help poor people ambitious to improve themselves; Thomas Edison was an early alum [46] Petra NÄ›mcová – Czech supermodel; founder of the Happy Hearts Fund; Phil Knight – co-founder of Nike, Inc.; supporter of Oregon Health & Science University, Stanford University and the ...