Homeless in Texas
In January, the National Alliance to End Homelessness published Homelessness Counts, a report that establishes a national baseline - an estimate of how many people sleep in shelters and on the streets - as a tool for measuring progress toward ending homelessness. The report tabulates and summarizes point in time homeless counts conducted in January 2005 in 463 Continuum of Care (CoC) Jurisdictions around the United States. Homeless Network News has included the full count information from Texas CoC jurisdictions here.
According to the homeless count numbers reported, Texas has a higher percentage of unsheltered homeless than the national average.Click here for full article. |
Balance of State by eric samuels
Q: Since our last issue what have you been up to?
A: Throughout the months of November, December, and January, I continued to travel and meet with representatives of local continuums of care about the January 25th, 2007 point-in-time survey. I visited fifteen different communities over that time frame and met many hard working people dedicated to alleviating homelessness in their communities. Whether it was in Harlingen, Big Spring, or Tyler, I knew I was surrounded by people who found this situation important enough to take time away from the work they do on a daily basis so that they may have a chance to develop a project that would significantly alleviate homelessness in their community. Click here for more Q&A. |
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