Homelessness

Reaching Down Lifting Up
Reaching Down Lifting Up
Reaching Down Lifting Up
When it come to homelessness, there's no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. Our community is coming together to elevate the awareness of local homelessness on Friday, October 16, from 6 pm to 6 am at Normandin Middle School with One Homeless Night ...
One Homeless Night
One Homeless Night
One Homeless Night
Rev. David Lima, Executive Minister of the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford, dropped by Brian's Beat to discuss “One Homeless Night….is too many” on October 16.
Possible Answer For The Homeless
Possible Answer For The Homeless
Possible Answer For The Homeless
One of the most pressing challenges on the South Coast is the issue of establishing a sustainable day-time shelter for the homeless. The main obstacles are the usual culprits: money, location, staffing and what services it could help the homeless with...
CDBG Funds
About $2.5 million was distributed to New Bedford-based community organizations Tuesday. The Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development were split between 22 organizations that serve low to moderate income neighborhoods...
New Homeless Angle
New Homeless Angle
New Homeless Angle
Utah is trying a new strategy in dealing with the homeless that sounds so simple as to be obvious -- giving them homes. NBC News reports that even the director of the state's Homeless Task Force was skeptical at first, but is now a convert, calling it housing first, and employment second...
HUD Grant To Aid Homeless
HUD Grant To Aid Homeless
HUD Grant To Aid Homeless
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding the City of New Bedford $1.8 million to address homelessness in the city. Programs for the homeless are administered by the City's office of Housing and Community Development and the New Bedford Homeless Service Provider Network...