by Evan Sernoffsky, kgw.com staff WHAS11.com Posted on July 31, 2013 at 2:29 PM Updated yesterday at 11:15 PM PORTLAND – Former University of Kentucky forward and current Houston Rocket, 21-year-old Terrence Jones, was arrested early Wednesday in Old Town Portland after he was seen stomping on a sleeping homeless man’s leg, police said. A […]
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The Courier-Journal — July 12, 2013 For homeless people in Louisville, shelter is now a phone call away. The Coalition for the Homeless has established call centers accepting reservations at three emergency shelters in the city. “Before, clients would have to go to each individual shelter to see if they had a bed. If you went to
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On June 20, the Coalition for the Homeless held a press conference kicking off a new community education campaign in the NuLu neighborhood. The Coalition represents 30 service providers in Louisville Metro who provide a variety of services to homeless families and individuals. The Coalition’s mission is to educate, advocate and coordinate services. The reason
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Do you work for the Federal Government? Do you care about the homeless? If so, we’d love to invite you to contribute to The Coalition for the Homeless through the Combined Federal Campaign. The Coalition for the Homeless is #70000 in the campaign. We have been the leading advocate for the homeless in Louisville for
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The Coalition Supporting Young Adults met again in March as a whole to learn what its Planning Team had been working on for several months. A new issue brief of “Voices of Young Adults” was presented this time highlighting the fact that the majority of young adults say no one is helping them with anything
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NYTimes: Homeless Rates in U.S. Held Level Amid Recession, Study Says, but Big Gains Are Elusive Overall homelessness remained the same from 2011 to 2012, but the federal government will likely be unable to end homelessness for at risk-populations and veterans by 2015, a Department of Housing and Urban Development report said. See full article.
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The mission of Louisville Metro Community Services is to improve the quality of life for all residents, with an emphasis on poverty reduction and addressing the needs of vulnerable populations in our community. Louisville Metro Community Services currently has multiple programs that serve the homeless in Louisville, Jefferson
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Since 1974, YMCA Safe Place Services, based in Louisville, KY, has been the only place a youth can initiate free 24-hour help by themselves. They serve those in the Metro Louisville area, including Jefferson, Oldham, and Bullitt counties, with a philosophy that youth and families are the experts of their own strengths, needs, and aspirations.
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To bring about meaningful change, people need ongoing encouragement and tools. The YMCA at Chestnut Street is here day-in and day-out to provide the resources our community needs so that we can address the most pressing issues: child welfare, education, community health, employment, and quality of life. They work to make sure that every child,
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Established in 1982, Wellspring promotes mental health recovery and supports individuals in building healthy and hopeful lives through behavioral health, housing, and employment services. They offer permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, and psychiatric crisis stabilization services. Permanent supportive housing is offered through quality agency-owned housing and scattered site leased housing. All of their housing is
