Clothe the Naked and Shelter the Homeless by Meredith Hastings https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l by Greta Biswell and Meredith Hastings en-us 2019-02-05 20:27:58 UTC 2025-04-24 07:50:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Clothing Drives gretabiswell221 https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328856812 St. Anthony Foundation in San Francisco have an organization called Our Free Clothing Drive,  where you can donate clean, like-new clothing. These donations will be given, for free, to the homeless and lower income individuals/families.]]> 2019-02-07 17:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328856812 Poverty in the Street meredithhastings221 https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328859358 Kennington, Thomas Benjamin. Homeless. 1890, oil on canvas, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia.]]> 2019-02-07 17:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328859358 Main Causes of Homelessness gretabiswell221 https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328864832 Approximately 1.49 million people used homeless shelters and 578, 424 people were reported to be without shelter in 2014. Many people are homeless in America, and there are various reasons why there are an abundance of homeless people, such as
-poverty
-unemployment
-lack of affordable housing
-poor physical and mental health
-drug and alcohol abuse
-gambling
-family and relationship breakdown
-domestic violence
-physical and/or sexual abuse.]]> 2019-02-07 17:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328864832 Providing for the Younger Homeless Community meredithhastings221 https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328869175 Centrepoint is a youth homelessness charity based in the United Kingdom. Centrepoint focuses on taking care of the homeless youth’s whole person and prepares them for a better life on their own.]]> 2019-02-07 17:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328869175 Ending Chronic Homelessness meredithhastings221 https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328873905 Old Brewery Mission, an organization based in Montreal, Québec, intends on preventing and trerating homelessness while implementing core values like compassion and respect.]]> 2019-02-07 17:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/328873905 Help from the Government meredithhastings221 https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/329372901 The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness is a federal agency focused on ending homelessness across America by suporting leaders like governors and mayors.]]> 2019-02-08 19:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/329372901 Housing for the Poor gretabiswell221 https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/329375426 In 2014, it was recorded that 7.5 million households, 54 percent of America’s working poor, pay more than half their incomes for housing. Raising wages and/or providing more subsidized housing, and neither has happened recently. Currently, the EITC is the most effective antipoverty program in America. The EITC provides wage supplement for the working poor.]]> 2019-02-08 19:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/meredithhastings221/g2vafl8yp47l/wish/329375426