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The role of the outreach worker can become uncertain in this practice—although outreach workers are supposed to be advocates, in this situation there is an inherent power dynamic that positions the outreach worker as the role of the gatekeeper, which allows them to wield the power over the unhoused individual to provide them with certain ...
PATH building, Los Angeles. Created under the McKinney-Vento Act, The PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) Program, is a formula grant program that funds the 50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and four U.S. Territories to support service delivery to individuals with serious mental illnesses, as well as individuals with co-occurring substance use disorders ...
The outreach teams brings vital care to people living on the street, but looming budget cuts leave the future of the program uncertain. Homeless shelter's Street Outreach program at risk of ...
The Interagency Council on the Homeless was authorized by Title II of the landmark Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act enacted on July 22, 1987 (PL 100-77). The McKinney Act established the Interagency Council on the Homeless as an "independent establishment" within the executive branch to review the effectiveness of federal activities and programs to assist people experiencing ...
John Hargrave, a PATH outreach worker, right, talks to Tracy Hellams, who is homeless, as she rests at the entrance of the 7th Street Metro station in Los Angeles in March 2022.
The Coogan administration has made addiction and homelessness a priority. The city's efforts are showing results with a pilot program. Fall River's homeless outreach team busy with new program ...
For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...
For 28 years, Kevin Dahlgren has been working as a drug and alcohol counselor and advocating for people living on the streets of the Pacific Northwest, currently focusing 100% on his hometown of ...