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"Long Walk From The Street" - a song for the Homeless
You Tube Channel: Michael M. Smith
This video dramatizes the plight of the homeless in America. Join Michael and become a part of the "Warm Hands In The Cold" Campaign to make a difference in the lives of the homeless this winter. For more details, visit www.MichaelMSmith.com.
Raymond Powers - Mother Street: A Song for the Homeless
YouTube Channel: Raymond Powers
A song I wrote dedicated to the homeless mothers and their children of the world. This is my first rendering of Mother Street. My goal is to inspire a videographer to direct & film the story.
The American Homeless Veterans Foundation’s work will expand to take on new challenges in additional regions of the country. As our programs grow, so does our understanding of how much work there is to do. We can’t do it alone. If you know a Veteran at risk of homelessness or see a homeless Veteran call 1-877-4AID-VET (1-877-424-3838).
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American Homeless Veterans Foundation
“Reaching for You”
The Story, The Voices, The Message.
Download the song from iTunes here
“Reaching for You” was written by Darrell Bogan
with input from Jason Brown.
USICH is an independent agency within the federal executive branch. The agency consists of 19 federal Cabinet secretaries and agency heads. The current chairperson is Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki; Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan serves as the vice chairperson. The Executive Director of USICH is Barbara Poppe. USICH partners with these 19 federal agencies, state and local governments, advocates, service providers, and people experiencing homelessness to achieve the goals outlined in the first federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness.
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United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
HHS represents almost a quarter of all federal outlays, and it administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined. HHS’ Medicare program is the nation’s largest health insurer, handling more than 1 billion claims per year. Medicare and Medicaid together provide health care insurance for one in four Americans.
HHS works closely with state and local governments, and many HHS-funded services are provided at the local level by state or county agencies, or through private sector grantees. The Department’s programs are administered by 11 operating divisions, including eight agencies in the U.S. Public Health Service and three human services agencies. The department includes more than 300 programs, covering a wide spectrum of activities. In addition to the services they deliver, the HHS programs provide for equitable treatment of beneficiaries nationwide, and they enable the collection of national health and other data.
Departmental leadership is provided by the Office of the Secretary. Also included in the Department is the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Office of Public Health and Science, the Office of the HHS Inspector General and the HHS Office for Civil Rights. In addition, the Program Support Center, a self-supporting division of the Department, provides administrative services for HHS and other federal agencies.
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Where can individuals experiencing homelessness go to obtain health care services?
Low-income individuals can obtain health services at any health center in their community. HRSA hosts a search tool to find a health center near you here. Click Here
What types of housing and health services are available to veterans?
Returning veterans who are experiencing homelessness can be connected to the Health Care for Homeless Veterans Program, a separate program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). There is a coordinator for this program at each VA medical center who can assist veterans in accessing housing and supportive services. More information on these services is available here.
Veterans can also access health services at any health center. In fact, nearly 203,000 veterans received care at health centers in 2009, and about 10% of these veterans were seen at HCH projects.
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What is the relationship between health, housing, and homelessness?
Poor health (illness, injury and/or disability) can cause homelessness when people have insufficient income to afford housing. This may be the result of being unable to work or becoming bankrupted by medical bills.
Living on the street or in homeless shelters exacerbates existing health problems and causes new ones. Chronic diseases, such as hypertension, asthma, diabetes, mental health problems and other ongoing conditions, are difficult to manage under stressful circumstances and may worsen. Acute problems such as infections, injuries, and pneumonia are difficult to heal when there is no place to rest and recuperate.
Living on the street or in shelters also brings the risk of communicable disease (such as STDs or TB) and violence (physical, sexual, and mental) because of crowded living conditions and the lack of privacy or security. Medications to manage health conditions are often stolen, lost, or compromised due to rain, heat, or other factors.
When people have stable housing, they no longer need to prioritize finding a place to sleep each night and can spend more time managing their health, making time for doctors’ appointments, and adhering to medical advice and directions. Housing also decreases the risk associated with further disease and violence. In many ways, housing itself can be considered a form of health care because it prevents new conditions from developing and existing conditions from worsening.
More information can be found on the "Official Website"
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE
for the HOMELESS COUNCIL
Ending Veteran Homelessness
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking decisive action to end Veteran homelessness by 2015.
Help for Homeless Veterans
Welcome to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veteran Homelessness Initiative website. (877)424-3838
Women Veterans
VA is proud to support women Veterans with services to prevent or overcome homelessness.
Find Your Local Homeless Coordinator
Your local coordinator is here to help homeless and Veterans at risk of homelessness.
US Department of Veteran Affairs
National Coalition For The Homeless
The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: To prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected.
We envision a world where everyone has a safe, decent, affordable and accessible home. We are committed to creating the systemic and attitudinal changes necessary to prevent and end homelessness. We take as our first principle of practice that people who are currently experiencing homelessness or have formerly experienced homelessness must be actively involved in all of our work. Our programs are centered around public education, policy advocacy, and grassroots organizing, and are focused on the issues of housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil rights...."Read More"
National Coalition for the Homeless
2201 P St NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202.462.4822
Fax: 202.462.4823
info@nationalhomeless.org
Homeless Voice
THE HOMELESS VOICE - 1203 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY (US1) - HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA - 33020
About Homeless Voice
The Homeless Voice houses, feeds, and finds jobs for anyone who is homeless. We serve 500 homeless daily and serve over 45,000 meals each month.
The Homeless Voice distributes a street newspaper in South Florida on street corners of Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties. The Homeless Voice Newspaper has three functions.
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Educate the public on homelessness and poverty issues
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Provide temporary employment to those without a job
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Raise additional funds for the Hollywood, Florida based homeless shelter
How We Have Grown
We have grown into a multifaceted agency that feeds, shelters, and arranges for each homeless person to receive the necessary access to social and noncompulsory religious services to enable a return to a self-reliant lifestyle.
How We Help
For the small percentage of people incapable of living independent lives, we provide a caring and supportive environment for their long-term residency.
About Homelessness
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Homelessness is a complex problem, fraught with many associated challenges and variables. But for all of its complications, the solution to homelessness is surprisingly simple – housing. |
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Often, we get questions about the big issues: who, where, why, and what can we do? In this section, we approach some of those big-picture questions about the American homeless population and how we – as individuals invested and interested in improving our community – can work to end homelessness.
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National Alliance To End Homelessness
Add your name along with leading veterans’ rights advocates, elected officials,
and retired military officers to this public statement calling for the resources
to finally end homelessness among veterans. "Click Here"
About "Show Your Stripes"
iHeartRadio's Show Your Stripes is a community initiative launched by Clear Channel, the media and entertainment company in America with the largest reach, to generate awareness around the issue of veteran unemployment, encourage businesses to hire skilled veterans and help those transitioning out of the military find jobs. With over $75 million in radio, digital and out-of-home resources dedicated to this initiative in just one year, iHeartRadio's Show Your Stripes is the single largest public service campaign in Clear Channel's history.
To help deliver the message that hiring veterans is a smart decision for businesses, iHeartRadio's Show Your Stripes will harness the power of the biggest superstars in the music and entertainment industries to showcase real-life military stories as part of a robust radio and outdoor campaign designed to create lasting career opportunities for returning veterans.
Through partnerships with groups like Monster.com and Military.com, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others, iHeartRadio's ShowYourStripes.org provides users with a variety of the most valuable resources available in one centralized, easy-to-use destination.
To help deliver the message that hiring veterans is a smart decision for businesses, iHeartRadio's Show Your Stripes
will engage the biggest superstars in the music and entertainment industries to participate. To launch the campaign, artists across all music genres, including Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, The Band Perry, Carrie Underwood, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Bublé, Brad Paisley, Miguel, LL Cool J, The Backstreet Boys, Joe Jonas, 3 Doors Down, Zac Brown Band, Fall Out Boy, Lady Antebellum and Clear Channel personalities like Ryan Seacrest and Mario Lopez, have voiced a series of radio spots that showcase stories from veterans who have successfully found jobs. In one PSA, Kelly Clarkson tells the story of Jeff Marshall, a 10-year member of the U.S. Air Force special operations command who is now working in online operations at Facebook.
Through partnerships with groups like Monster.com and Military.com, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others, iHeartRadio's ShowYourStripes.org provides users with a variety of the most valuable resources available in one centralized, easy-to-use destination
For more information visit "Show Your Stripes" Official Site .
IHeart Radio "Show Your Stripes" Hire Smart. Hire Vets.
