It’s the most physically demanding, mentally challenging and exhausting kind of social work there is. While the greatest occupational hazards of a lot of my colleagues are the occasional paper cut or the draining hum of overhead florescent lighting, I managed to stab my foot...
I’ve got a headache. It all started with a conversation through the threadbare screen door of an abandoned house. A week ago myself and Clarence scampered over a chain-link fence, trail blazed through an overgrown side yard, pushed open a crumbling back door falling off the...
The Obama administration has made ending homelessness in our country a priority. For the first time in the history of this country, we have a federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. This strategic plan calls for the end of veteran homelessness in the...
In 2010, the UNITY collaborative of 63 organizations provided housing and/or services to 21,585 homeless persons in New Orleans and Jeffreson Parish, more than double the number of clients served annually prior to Hurricane Katrina. To learn more about homelessness in New Orleans as well...
Ways to combat the increase in homelessness that New Orleans has experienced since Hurricane Katrina will be the topic of a keynote speech by federal expert Anthony Love, Deputy Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, at the annual meeting of the UNITY of...
By: Zoe Sullivan, Contributing Writer Posted: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:43 am For two days, UNITY of Greater New Orleans sent out volunteers to different sites around the city and Jefferson Parish to count the number of homeless people. Martha Kegel, the Executive Director of UNITY, says...
By Cain Burdeau, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The dark blue rescue van pulls up in front of a sad shell of a house, a few blocks from the police station and criminal court. It's turning into a cold January night. Slipping on gloves, social workers Mike...
by Lesley Simpson / Eyewitness News Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:47 PM The homeless situation in New Orleans appears to be a growing challenge, with more people on the streets and limited spaces in local shelters to accommodate them. The issue becomes a special concern on...