Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
He added that county spending for housing, emergency response, public health and human services are all necessary for efforts to curb homelessness rates, making it difficult to provide a single ...
During the Pierce County Council’s April 24 Select Committee on Homelessness meeting, Crout suggested the county government should declare an emergency in response to the homelessness crisis.
Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian, from right, and L.A. County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger join other volunteers to count the homeless in North Hollywood on Jan. 23.
The McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 is a United States federal law that provides federal money for homeless shelter programs. [1] [2] It was the first significant federal legislative response to homelessness, [3] and was passed by the 100th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 22, 1987. [4]
Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier has declared a state of emergency to prevent a lapse in funding for a system that serves as the “front door” to the county’s homelessness response ...
The National Park Service sweeps an encampment in Washington, DC. In response to the impact of homelessness in their communities, municipal governments in the United States regularly conduct sweeps of tent encampments, forcibly dispersing people from public or private land where they are camping without authorization.
The Pierce County Council has ordered new rules after homeless-services contracts nearly expired. ... the county’s “front door” to homelessness response. ... to declare a state of emergency ...
A bi-partisan response from Congress in support of the program led Secretary Shulkin to reverse his decision. [17] That year, NBC News featured the story of Patrick Adams, a formerly homeless Veteran who received permanent housing as a result of SSVF. NBC reported overall Veteran homelessness decreased from 2010 to 2016 by 47 percent. [18]