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	Homeless shelter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Homeless shelters are residences for people, the homeless, in urban neighborhoods to stay temporarily when they otherwise would have to sleep on the street, similar to emergency shelters.
		The main difference is that homeless shelters are usually open to anyone, regardless of why they don't have a more typical residence available; some limit their clientele by gender or age.
		Homeless shelters are usually operated by a non-profit agency, or associated with a church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Homeless_shelter (243 words)

	Homelessness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Homeless people may be found in all parts of the world in varying situations sometimes due to natural disaster, political unrest, war, famine, personal misfortune, despair, or illness.
		The homeless shelters, which were generally night shelters, made the homeless leave in the morning to whatever they could manage and return in the evening when the beds in the shelters opened up again for sleeping.
		Homeless people have been known to purposely commit crimes in order to be sent to jail or prison for food and shelter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Homeless (4382 words)

	Participation of Emergency Shelters Serving Homeless Children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Therefore, an emergency shelter providing temporary residence to children and their parents or guardians, or a temporary residential site for children and their parents or guardians sponsored by an emergency shelter, is eligible to participate in CACFP under the provisions of section 17(t).
		The shelter must document in its application that its primary purpose is to temporarily house and provide meals to children and their parents or guardians.
		Shelters that are located in areas which meet the area eligibility requirements for SFSP and which open their food service to non-residents as well as residents may qualify to participate in SFSP as area eligible sites.
	www.fns.usda.gov /cnd/Care/Homeless/1999-03-30.htm (2388 words)

	Emergency and Homeless Shelters
		Eligible facilities include family shelters, shelters for battered women, homeless shelters, and other facilities whose primary purpose is to provide temporary residential shelter to homeless families with children.
		Shelters must keep records that are adequate to support the number of meals claimed, the residential status of the children being claimed, and the proper utilization of CACFP funds.
		Each shelter is responsible to make sure meals that include commodities or donated foods meet CACFP nutritional guidelines and that CACFP funds are used primarily to support the food service for eligible children.
	www.dhss.mo.gov /cacfp/homeless_shelter.html (720 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / More people using homeless shelters in Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nearly 29,000 people spent time in a homeless shelter in Massachusetts last year, a 16 percent increase over 1999, with people over 55 the fastest growing group requiring emergency shelter, according to a new report.
		Half of the people using shelter last year stayed for a week or less, but nearly three-quarters of the beds in the 17 emergency shelters that provided data for the report were occupied by people who stayed for more than two months.
		The number of people entering shelters without health insurance is also on the rise according to the report, at 38 percent in 2003, up from 28 percent in 1999.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/07/08/more_people_using_homeless_shelters_in_massachusetts (469 words)

	MPR: Homeless shelters brace for busy winter
		Shelter providers in the Twin Cities say demand for emergency shelters is high heading into the coldest part of the year.
		Shelters for adults in Minneapolis are operating at maximum capacity.
		He said family shelter demand in October was as high as it was six months ago, which is the typical peak period.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2003/11/27_hughesa_homeless (763 words)

	Facts about CACFP and Homeless Shelters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A homeless shelter or a temporary residential site sponsored by a shelter, or another public or private nonprofit agency, is eligible to participate in CACFP.
		A shelter may complete an application and sign an agreement with the State administering agency, or it may participate as a facility under an existing CACFP sponsoring organization.
		Homeless shelters receive payments for serving meals and snacks, which meet Federal nutritional guidelines, to eligible children.
	www.fns.usda.gov /cnd/Care/Homeless/HomelessFaqs.htm (405 words)

	Module10D-Alcohol Use disorders in Homeless Populations
		Homelessness became an apparent pressing social issue in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s because of the frighteningly large number of homeless individuals and families appearing in public and in social work intervention programs (First, Rife, and Toomey, 1995).
		In a recent study of men using Toronto homeless shelters, mortality rates were 8.3 times that of the general male population among the 18 to 24 year old age group; 3.7 times greater for the 25 to 44 year old group; and 2.3 times more for the 45 to 64 year old group (Hwang, 2000).
		Homeless individuals must often take the initiative of seeking out the case manager, checking in frequently to learn the status of their cases (for example, the availability of a bed in detoxification unit, a bed in a transitional housing unit, or progress on legal matters).
	pubs.niaaa.nih.gov /publications/Social/Module10DHomeless/Module10D.html (10890 words)

	Homeless People & Homelessness
		People in institutions including prisons or juvenile justice centres often feel the same loneliness or more accurately experience homelessness as the only people they have contact with other than the other 'homeless' inmates are people paid to be a part of their life.
		Our approach is centred around spending time with homeless people for the sake of getting to know them and becoming a part of their lives so this sense of connectedness is established...
		Beyond the model of homeless shelters, hospitality house is much more like a family home where people come for sanctuary and belonging.
	www.homeless.org.au (525 words)

	Homeless shelters and resources - Finding help for those in need - Knights Of Kindness
		It dramatized the fact that the veterans of that war were abandoned and discouraged, even dishonored, and in Ron's case wound up on our streets, some of them disabled, others mentally traumatized by their war experiences, others simply unable to find work.
		The fastest growing homeless group in the United States is families with children.
		Although the elderly are not as likely to be found in shelters, it is true that some are afraid to go to shelters, or even a soup kitchen.
	www.baddteddy.com /homeless_shelters/index.html (661 words)

	Tampabay: Homeless shelters filling up
		She has called homeless shelters throughout Pinellas County, which give the same refrain: no room at the inn.
		The shelters always seem to be busy during the holidays, and this week's cold snap probably drove more people to the temporary homes, shelter directors said.
		Cold-weather shelters have opened during the recent chilly nights, but those are temporary shelters where people don't live on an ongoing basis.
	www.sptimes.com /News/122200/TampaBay/Homeless_shelters_fil.shtml (531 words)

	HBS: Homeless Shelters
		Clients in the Night Shelter Program are obligated to save 70% of their income and work with their case managers to achieve the goals established in their personal action plans.
		Whenever the temperature/wind-chill is 20 degrees or below, the Shelter Association utilizes the common room in the Service Center as a place of refuge for individuals who are homeless and are not currently enrolled in the Night Shelter program.
		This 35-bed shelter program is called the Ken and Marianna Staples Family Center and is for families or individuals.
	www.med.umich.edu /seniors/comres/homeless.htm (475 words)

	Homeless Children's Education Fund Programs: Learning Centers
		The goal of the Learning Centers project is to provide children who reside in homeless shelters with equal access to the same educational opportunities their peers enjoy.
		When children become homeless and move into a shelter with their families, the uncertainties of their situation and the accompanying emotional stress may mean they do not attend school for days, even weeks.
		The Homeless Children's Education Fund partners with shelters to provide homeless children and youth access to the same educational technology and resources their classmates have.
	www.homelessfund.org /programs/programs.html (936 words)

	Wolf at door for homeless shelters
		One of Seattle's largest homeless shelters -- an often-controversial group that provides the city's cheapest emergency bedding -- stands to lose its funding at the end of next month because it refuses to give the government personal data on its clients.
		Starting May 1, Seattle will require all shelters receiving city funding to ask the homeless about their backgrounds and social service needs -- from their name, age and Social Security number to whether they have addictions, mental illness or are pregnant.
		All shelters contracted with King County have complied, according to the county.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/263895_homeless22.html (1541 words)

	MPR: Communities debate location of homeless shelters
		She says most homeless people know how to work the system and are well taken care of if they keep moving from one intake center to another.
		The homeless coalition may have to close down because of lack of funding.
		The homeless coalition in Fargo, ND volunteered to move its shelter to the edge of the city because of downtown development issues.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2005/11/24_hetlandc_shelters/?rsssource=1 (1194 words)

	Iowa Homeless Shelters
		Once you are in the shelter for the evening, you will not be allowed to leave again until morning, unless you don't intend to return that night.
		If your job requires you to arrive after curfew at the shelter you're staying in, you need to make special arrangements with the shelter management, so your bed will be held and you can get in after you return from from work.
		If a family, out of necessity due to a lack of housing must reside in a shelter, motel, vehicle, campground, on the street, or doubled up with relatives or friends, they are presently homeless.
	www.geocities.com /ar_razzaq_the_provider/ia/hs.html (1030 words)

	Home
		The Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless is organized to promote and preserve the dignity and quality of life for men, women, and children by pursuing comprehensive and cooperative solutions to the problems of housing and homelessness.
		This is accomplished through advocacy, education, collaboration, technical assistance, and selected direct services provided to homeless individuals and families, coalition members, elected officials, and the community at large.
		The Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless believes that homelessness is unjust and unacceptable.
	www.rihomeless.com (216 words)

	Democracy Now! \| Veterans Return From Iraq Disabled and Homeless
		And in what appears to be a chilling echo of the Vietnam war, UPI found that homeless shelters around the country are reporting they are already seeing some recently returned Iraq veterans showing up in need of shelter.
		The Homeless Veterans coalition estimates that nearly 500,000 veterans are homeless at some point in a given year.
		Homeless veterans from Iraq are just starting to show up at some homeless shelters in the country.
	www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=04/12/13/1457235 (1557 words)

	CBC British Columbia - No room at Vancouver's homeless shelters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		And nearby Salvation Army shelters are in a similar predicament.
		According to the most recent statistics for homelessness in Vancouver, there are more than 2,000 people living on the city's streets – double the number reported just three years ago.
		Emergency shelters are already being opened in Surrey and Langley, where it's been even colder.
	www.cbc.ca /vancouver/story/bc_homeless-shelters20051130.html?ref=rss (307 words)

	The Homeless Guy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The county homeless survey is part of a larger statewide count that took place Monday and Tuesday this week.
		Other homeless advocates say the numbers will help make the case that a homeless day center is needed in Loveland.
		Arbo said she believes that word of the count sent a majority of the local homeless population, often wary of authority, into hiding.
	thehomelessguy.blogspot.com (2867 words)

	National Alliance to End Homelessness
		Your community has a homelessness management information system that can be analyzed to assess how long people are homeless, what their needs are, what the causes of homelessness are, how people interact with mainstream systems of care, the effectiveness of interventions, and the number of homeless people.
		Your community has in place an emergency homelessness prevention program that includes rent, mortgage, and utility assistance, case management, landlord or lender intervention, and other strategies to prevent eviction and homelessness.
		The shelter and transitional housing system in your community is organized to minimize the length of time people remain homeless, and the number of times they become homeless.
	www.endhomelessness.org (441 words)

	USATODAY.com - Shortage of shelters for homeless in Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter Executive Director Susan Goss said the problem stems in part from a housing market that's extremely short of apartments with three or more bedrooms, which makes it harder for shelters to place people in permanent quarters.
		The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter is planning to build a larger shelter, also in Waterville.
		John Baldacci says on his website that homeless shelters in Maine have experienced rapid increases in occupancy in recent years, and that those using them are generally poorer than in years past.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/news/2005-11-20-winter-homeless-shelters_x.htm?csp=34 (392 words)

	FRAC - Child And Adult Care Food Program
		Shelters all over the country can use this program to bring much-needed benefits to children and youth.
		This site provides tools for state agencies, homeless, runaway, and domestic violence advocates, and anti-hunger groups to maximize the use of the homeless shelter option in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
		USDA has issued regulations extending CACFP eligibility to emergency shelters that serve homeless teenagers and children without their families.
	www.frac.org /html/federal_food_programs/programs/homeless/homeless_index.html (559 words)

	Diabetic Life
		Compared to the general population, the homeless had much higher rates of smoking but not diabetes, hypertension or obesity.
		However, most of the homeless affected by these risk factors had not received adequate treatment for hypertension, high blood cholesterol and had poor control of diabetes, the researchers said.
		Among the homeless men, the estimated average risk of suffering a heart attack or dying of coronary disease within the next 10 years was five percent, about the same as men in the general population.
	www.diabeticlife.org /ms/news/525744/main.html (545 words)

	New York Daily News - City News - Chill packing shelters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As a bone-chilling cold gripped the city for the eighth straight day, homeless shelters were running close to capacity - with the mercury set to plunge even further.
		On Monday, the shelter population for single men and women hit 8,212, the highest since January 1991, when the city housed 8,702 in its shelters.
		Advocates for the homeless predict the shelter population will continue to grow, and they say New York is not prepared.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/local/story/53603p-50256c.html (618 words)

	Louisiana Department of Social Services
		An emergency shelter is defined as any facility, the primary purpose of which is to provide temporary or transitional shelter for the homeless in general or for specific populations of the homeless.
		A shelter which is assisted through the State ESGP must agree to provide assistance to homeless individuals and families in obtaining appropriate supportive services essential for achieving independent living, and help in obtaining other federal, state, local, and private assistance available for such individuals.
		Contact the emergency shelter in their area by phone or by going directly to the shelter.
	www.dss.state.la.us /departments/ocs/Homeless.html (318 words)

	Ward Family Foundation \| Homeless, Safe Havens, Homeless Shelters, Emergency Shelters, Homeless People, Cincinnati, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Our foundation’s homeless program benchmarking and best practices analysis indicates that home ownership is important for breaking the cycle of poverty and achieving long term financial independence.
		The study evaluated the operating practices of 22 emergency and transitional shelters in the Washington D.C. and Cincinnati, Ohio areas.
		Key performance benchmarks were developed, and 10 potential best practices for homeless shelters and programs were identified.
	www.wardfamilyfoundation.org (183 words)

	D.C. Group Stops Meals At Homeless Shelters
		D.C. Central Kitchen did not deliver 2,300 meals to eight homeless programs yesterday and is refusing to resume the service until the city awards a new contract and makes changes in how it serves food to the homeless.
		He said the growth in the homeless population over the years has put a larger burden on the group and its homeless meal program, which costs $1.6 million annually and is funded almost entirely through private donations.
		That shelter, which is not run by the city but is operated by shelter residents, is one of several programs at the Federal City Shelter at Second and D streets NW.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/01/AR2006050101932.html (615 words)

	San Jose Department of Housing - Homeless Services - Shelters
		Shelter for families, and transitional housing for singles.
		Shelter available for battered women and their children under 18, no males over 12.
		Enables homeless families with children, teenagers, single men and women, including seniors and disabled adults, to regain stability in the local community.
	www2.sjhousing.org /homeless/shelter.html (828 words)

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