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Resources
Homelessness
Counts: A Report from the National Alliance
to End Homelessness.
An
Article from the San Francisco Chronicle
Boston
Globe Editorial
Quincy's
10-year plan to prevent homelessness.
Interagency
Council on Homelessness
HUD
Report entitled Strategies
for Preventing Homelessness
SHIFT
One-Year Annual Report
Links
and other Resources
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Above
photos depict Lowell City Manger Bernie Lynch, Lt. Governor
Kerry Healey, Regional Director of the US Interagency Council
on Homelessness John O'Brien, and the Executive Director of
the Mass. Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness,
Linda Fosburg joined by Sue Beaton of One Family, Inc. and
nearly 40 Lowellians at a recent State Policy Academy Forum
on Family Homelessness. At the meeting, the SHIFT Coalition
was recognized as a key player in the City's efforts to develop
a plan to end homelessness in the City of Lowell.
Case
Study: SHIFT CASE #47
Brian is a single man who had stable owrk for over 18 years.
After being laid off from his job due to a slow down in the
amount of work the company was getting, Brian applied for unemplyment.
Once receiving unemployment, Brian's income would be over $1,000
per month. However, while waiting to receive his first unemployment
check, Brian fell behind on his weekly rent for his room in
a rooming house. (More.....)
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