by Pat Hartman | Aug 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Every now and then a scandal arises from the foster care system. Earlier this year, Americans were horrified by a story from North Carolina that broke when a law enforcement officer observed an 11-year old boy handcuffed to the porch of a house. The weather...
by Pat Hartman | Jul 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
The cost of homelessness has been a topic before, here at House the Homeless. When we’re talking about cost, it’s not just the enormous waste incurred among the people experiencing homelessness — of life, of time and talent, and productivity, and potential...
by Pat Hartman | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Department of Housing and Urban Development gives the number of homeless youth in America as 46,000 on any given night, and in any given year, about 2 million youth experience homelessness for at least one night. The number of shelter beds available for...
by Pat Hartman | Jul 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Care continuum workers know that early episodes of homelessness increase a child’s risk of continuing to experience homelessness throughout life. The foster care system tries to alleviate some of the damage but carries its own risks. Even in such...
by Pat Hartman | Jul 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
A large part of what we identify as American culture is born in California and, for better or worse, eventually spreads to the rest of the country and even the world. It’s a state worth keeping an eye on. Twenty years ago, a program started there that now...
by House the Homeless | Jul 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
I recently attended the White House Summit on Working Families at the Shoreham Omni Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and Bill Clinton had all stayed at the Shoreham. With 1,000 people in attendance, it still felt as if it was...
