Category: advocacy

  • How you can help those in need

    Homelessness and poverty are linked.  The poor are more affected by increased costs of housing, by increased costs of food, by unplanned medical expenses, by child care expenses, and by loss of jobs. Poverty According to the US Census Bureau, the “official” poverty rate in 2013 was 14.5% in the US alone, with the poverty…

  • The Law and the Homeless

    How often do you wonder, how in the world did this bill or law get on the books?  I mean, was the law targeting a particular bad or harmful behavior which is hoped to be eradicated?  Or was it a mistake? Ban on Internet Cafe Take for example a recent law in Florida.  In Florida, Internet…