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Sub Section: |
Eviction As A Cause For Homelessness in the City
of New York |
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Article Name: |
Large Number of Families Evicted 1893
Posted 5/30/07 |
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Article Name: |
The Evicted Squatters of New York |
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Rent Regulation In New York City: Background (As
far back as the early 1800's the average resident in
the city found the available housing to be unsafe,
unsanitary, overcrowded, and overpriced. The New
York City rents far exceeded the levels that
prevailed in other cities in the northeast. |
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Sub Section: |
Financial Crashes and Reverse of Fortunes As A
Cause For Homelessness in the City of New York |
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Article Name: |
Panics, Depressions and Economic Crisis Prior to
1930 |
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Article Name: |
The Panic of 1819 |
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Article Name: |
Panic and Depression 1832 |
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Article Name: |
Panic and Depression 1836 |
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Article Name: |
The Panic of 1837 |
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Article Name: |
Six Year Depression 1837-1843 |
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Article Name: |
The Panic of 1857 |
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Article Name: |
Panic and Depression 1869-1871 |
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Article Name: |
The Panic of 1873 |
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Article Name: |
The Panic of 1893-Financial World |
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Article Name: |
The Panic of 1901: Market Fails, Panic Reigns-Part I |
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Article Name: |
The Panic of 1901: Market Fails, Panic Reigns-Part
II |
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Article Name: |
The Panic of 1901-At The Stock Exchange |
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Article Name: |
The Panic and Depression of 1929 |
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Article Name: |
Brief Financial Notes Based on 1875-1907 |
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Article Name: |
A Shock To Wall Street 1885 Part I |
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Article Name: |
A Shock To Wall Street 1885 Part II |
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Article Name: |
Stock Swindles |
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Article Name: |
Speculation In Stocks |
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Article Name: |
How Shrewd Men Are Ruined 1869 |
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Article Name: |
Life's Vicissitudes- A Reverse of Fortune (Victorian
America) |
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Sub Section: |
Disasters: From Natural and Man-Made Causes
Contribute to Homelessness |
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Article Name: |
200 People Made Homeless By Fire 1896
Posted 5/25/07 |
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Article Name: |
Fierce Tropical Simoon Sweeps Over The City 1898 |
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Article Name: |
Fierce Ridgewood Fire Makes Many Homeless |
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Article Name: |
Big Fire in Greenpoint : Fifty Families
Left Homeless 1899
Posted 5/28/07 |
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Article Name: |
Big Fire in Brownsville: Dozen Families Homeless
Posted 5/28/07 |
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Article Name: |
Burned Out: Seventy Families Rendered Homeless |
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The Great Fire of 1835 In New York City Part I |
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Web Link: |
The Great Fire of 1835 In New York City Part II |
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Web Link: |
The Great Fire of 1835 In New York City Part III |
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Web Link: |
The Great Fire of 1835 In New York City Part IV |
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Sub Section: |
The Consequences of Homelessness in the City of
New York |
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Article Name: |
Crime Board Tells How Boy Gangs Rise In New York
Slums |
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Article Name: |
The
Social Evil In New York City Pre: 1868 |
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Article Name: |
The Vice of Prostitution Pre-1885 |
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Article Name: |
Drunkenness 1872 |
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Article Name: |
Concert Saloons and Waiter Girls |
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Article Name: |
The Dance Houses |
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Article Name: |
The Thieves Of New York City 1868 |
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Article Name: |
New York City's Reformatories 1868 |
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Article Name: |
A Tour of the Tombs: A New York City Prison
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Article Name: |
Struggles Of The Poor Working Girls 1868 |
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Web Link: |
"Three Little Boys in Prison" by Charles Holden,
describes the confinement of three boys aged 10 to
12, in a jail with adults -- a reminder of
conditions legislated against later in the century.
1844 |
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Web Link: |
Maggie A Girl of the Streets by Stephan Crane
(She
had tramped the streets for weeks on her weary
errand, and the only living wages that were offered
her were the wages of sin.) |
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Sub Section: |
The Abandoned and Homeless Child's Fate
(Many were placed in orphanages and institutions) |
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Article Name: |
Abandoned Two Children 1897
Posted 5/28/07 |
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New York, 1900: Census Citations for Orphan Listings |
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Web Link: |
The History of Orphanages |
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Web Link: |
The Rise and Demise of the American Orphanage |
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Web Link: |
The Fairview Home For Friendless Children of
Watervliet, New York |
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Web Link: |
Jewish Orphanages in the United States |
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Web Link: |
Orphanages: United States |
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Sub Section: |
The Orphan Train Movement (The Orphan Trains
project was the result of a plan that would "take
the orphans from the street, sending them west on
trains and placing them out to families at the
various stops along the way who were willing to
adopt them.) |
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A History of the Orphan Trains |
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Web Link: |
Kansas Orphan Train "Time-Line" |
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Web Link: |
The Cawker City Ledger, 14 April 1886: Arrival at
Cawker: the arrival described. |
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Web Link: |
The Columbus Star-Courier, 21 June 1894: Arrival in
Columbus: the arrival described. |
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Web Link: |
The Oskaloosa, Kansas Independent, 20 January 1911:
Arrival at Oskaloosa: another explanation of how
placements are made and monitored. |
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Web Link: |
Indenture/Adoption Forms |
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Web Link: |
A Partial List of Institutions that Orphan Train
Children came From |
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Web Link: |
Index of Children Who Rode The Orphan Trains to
Kansas |
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Web Link: |
Orphan Trains: The Basics |
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Web Link: |
Orphan Train Riders History |
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Web Link: |
The American Experience: The Orphan Trains |
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Web Link: |
The Orphan Train Resources |
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Web Link: |
Orphan Trains: A Brief Description |
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Web Link: |
Orphan Trains: Iowa |
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Sub Section: |
Charitable Institutions and Organizations of The
City of New York |
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Article Name: |
Alms-House Department 1851
Posted 5/26/07 |
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Article Name: |
Asylums Of New York City 1851
Posted 5/27/07 |
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Article Name: |
Benevolent and Charitable Institutions 1872
Posted 5/27/07 |
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Article Name: |
Organization For The Poor 1851
Posted 5/27/07 |
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Article Name: |
New York Charity Institutions Part I
Posted 6/01/07 |
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Article Name: |
New York Charity Institutions Part II |
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Article Name: |
New York Charity Institutions Part III |
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Article Name: |
New York Charity Institutions Part IV |
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Article Name: |
New York Charity Institutions Part V |
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Article Name: |
Brooklyn's St. Giles Home 1893
Posted 5/28/07 |
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Article Name: |
An Old and Progressive Hebrew Charitable order: Free
Sons Of Israel
Posted 5/28/07 |
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Article Name: |
Brooklyn's Charitable Organizations
Posted 5/27/07 |
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Article Name: |
New York Foundlings
Posted 5/27/07 |
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Article Name: |
Ways In Which The Poor Of New York City Are Assisted
Posted 5/27/07 |
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Article Name: |
Hotel For The Homeless 1896
Posted 5/27/07 |
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Web Link: |
The Children's Aid Society |
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Web Link: |
Belleview South Park |
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Web Link: |
Blackwell's Island Prison & Workhouse |
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Web Link: |
First New York Poorhouse, 1734 |
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Web Link: |
Alms House Buildings, Blackwells Island |
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Web Link: |
The Nurseries on Randall's Island |
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Web Link: |
The History of New York Foundling |
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Web Link: |
1880 U.S. Federal Census new York Juvenile Aslylum |
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Web Link: |
History of the Institutions: Historical Timeline |
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Web Link: |
The Poorhouse Story |
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Web Link: |
Poorhouses in New York |
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Web Link: |
History of the 19th Century American Poorhouses |
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Web Link: |
Erie Poorhouse History |
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Web Link: |
Long island Asylums |
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Section: |
MODERN HOMELESSNESS 2007 |
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Sub Section: |
Who Are The Street Homeless People? |
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Web Link: |
Profile of New York City's Street Homeless
Population |
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Web Link: |
Portraits of Homeless Men |
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Web Link: |
Real Life Stories of Runaways |
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Web Link: |
The Young and the Homeless: Teens Face Hard Choices,
Living in Cars and Couch-surfing with Friends |
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Web Link: |
Homeless Young Adults Ages: 18-24 |
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Web Link: |
Step Parenting an Out of Control Teen |
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Web Link: |
Why Teens Runaway and What To Do If Yours Does. |
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Web Link: |
Understanding and Preventing Teenage Runaways |
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Web Link: |
When Your Child is Missing: A Family Survival Guide
e-book |
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Web Link: |
Enabling and Detachment, Part One (The
importance of knowing the difference between helping
and enabling and the necessity of detaching
ourselves from the emotional turmoil surrounding the
behaviors of our troubled teens. |
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Web Link: |
Enabling and Detachment, Part Two
(Detaching yourself from emotional reactions to your
teen's behavior choices and allowing them to learn
from consequences. |
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Sub Section: |
Hate Crimes and Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness
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Web Link: |
The War Against The Homeless: Unimaginable Cruelties |
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Web Link: |
Alarming Rise in Hate Crimes Against Homeless People
in United States |
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Web Link: |
A Lonely Death Behind a Berkeley Dumpster |
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Web Link: |
Pair Face Up To 15 Years For Homeless Woman's Death |
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Web Link: |
Memorial To Mary Who Died On The Street |
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Web Link: |
Epidemic of Hate Crimes Against Homeless People |
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Web Link: |
Teen "Sport Killings" of Homeless On The Rise |
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Web Link: |
Top 20 'Mean Cities' Toward the Homeless |
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Web Link: |
Three Charged With Murder in Homeless Beating |
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Web Link: |
Florida Teens Surrender in Homeless Beatings |
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Web Link: |
Witness For Justice: Violence Against The Homeless |
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Web Link: |
Hate, Violence, and Death on Main Street USA: A
Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2002 |
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Web Link: |
Hate, Violence, and Death on Main Street USA: A
Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2003 |
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Web Link: |
Hate, Violence, and Death on Main Street USA: A
Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2004 |
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Web Link: |
Hate, Violence, and Death on Main Street USA: A
Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2005 |
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Web Link: |
Hate, Violence, and Death on Main Street USA: A
Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2006 |
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Sub Section: |
State, National Organizations, and Outreach
Services to Help the Homeless Population |
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Web Link: |
The New York City Department of Homeless Services |
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Web Link: |
National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental
Illness (This site is from the United States and
is concerned with homeless people with mental health
problems. |
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Web Link: |
Directory of Local Homeless Service Organizations |
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Web Link: |
Coalition For The Homeless |
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Web Link: |
National Center for Children In Poverty |
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Web Link: |
Northeast Parent & Child Society: History |
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Web Link: |
The National Alliance to End Homelessness |
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Web Link: |
The
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans |
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Web Link: |
National Center for Homeless Education |
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Web Link: |
Homelessness: HUD |
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Web Link: |
National Center on Family Homelessness |
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Web Link: |
The Future of Children |
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Web Link: |
New York City Rescue Mission |
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Web Link: |
Covenant House |
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Web Link: |
Urban Pathways For Homeless New Yorkers |
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Web Link: |
City Harvest |
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Web Link: |
Volunteers Of America, Greater New York |
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Web Link: |
The
Bowery Mission |
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Sub Section: |
Legal Rights and Laws Regarding Homeless People |
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Web Link: |
Lessons From The Provision of Legal Services to
People Experiencing Homelessness in the United
States |
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Web Link: |
Commission On Homelessness & Poverty: American Bar
Association |
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Web Link: |
The
National Lawyer Center on Homelessness & Poverty |
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Web Link: |
New York City and Homeless Advocacy Group Reach
Legal Settlement on Police Policies' |
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Web Link: |
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act |
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Web Link: |
The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of
1987 |
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Web Link: |
The Twentieth Anniversary of the McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act: |
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Web Link: |
Federal Protections for the Education of Homeless
Children and Youth |
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Web Link: |
NYCLU Hails Decision by Federal Court Recognizing
Right of Church to Allow Homeless to Sleep on Church
Property |
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Web Link: |
NYCLU and Picture the Homeless Sue to Stop NYPD
Initiative Targeting The Homeless for Arrest |
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Web Link: |
Legal Remedies to Address Discrimination Against
people Who are Homeless and Have mental Illnesses |
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Web Link: |
Housing Justice: Gay Youths Find Place To Call Home
in Specialty Shelters |
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Sub Section: |
Helpful Sites With Information Relating to the
Homeless & Impoverished |
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Web Link: |
The History of Homelessness |
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Web Link: |
Homeless Counts In Major U.S. Cities and Counties |
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Web Link: |
Facts About Homelessness |
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Web Link: |
Factors Contributing to Homelessness |
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Web Link: |
Statistics For Homeless In NYC |
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Web Link: |
Why is Anyone Homeless in the United States? |
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Web Link: |
Homeless Women's Network "Dedicated to empowering
women & youth to overcome the limitations of
homelessness and poverty." |
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Web Link: |
Illegal To Be Homeless: The Criminalization of
Homelessness in the United States |
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Web Link: |
Words on the Street: Homeless People's Newspapers by
Chris Dodge |
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Web Link: |
Institute for the Study of Homelessness and
Poverty: (This Institute is a project of
the Weingart Center and serves as a non-profit
research organization. The Weingart Center is the
largest homeless service organization in Los
Angeles. |
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Web Link: |
Interagency Council on Homelessness:
(This agency was established by the United States
Congress in 1987 "with the passage of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. The Council is
responsible
for providing Federal leadership for activities to
assist homeless families.) |
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Web Link: |
Preventing Homelessness Among People leaving
Prison: (This publication by the Vera
Institute of Justice [q.v.] in the USA is part of
their Issues in Brief series and discusses the
problem of homelessness when people leave prison.
Both policy makers and practitioners want there to
be an improvement in the transition from prison to
home for ex-offenders. This paper highlights the
problems and provides information on local
initiatives in the United States that attempt to
address them. |
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Web Link: |
Giving numbers A Name: Potter's Field on Hart Island |
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Sub Section: |
Success Stories of Men and Women Who
Overcame Homelessness |
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Web Link: |
Brandywine Counseling: Success Stories |
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Web Link: |
Project Renewal Success Stories |
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Web Link: |
Noted Individuals Who Have Experienced Homelessness |
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Web Link: |
The Bowery Mission Success Stories |
