Homelessness can happen to anyone!

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Links to other web pages on the subject of homelessness:

( denotes especially well-organized or well designed webpages.)

Understanding homelessness

• National Coalition for the Homeless An excellent site for general information and research. The fact sheets are particularly good.

• Committee on the shelterless in Petaluma, California. "What would it take for you to be homeless?" A well designed, easy to navigate site.

• Real Change A Seattle street newspaper with excellent, thoughtful features.

• Tedrico's Page Homelessness, hitchhiking, panhandling, homeless statistics, pictures, articles, shelters, soup kitchens, and feeding programs discussed on this web site.

• Freedom House-Hope for the homeless A website affiliated with the University of Colorado.
  • Extensive list of links

  • Homeless discussion list

  • Homeless memories

  • Homeless Shelters and Programs List of webpages for shelters in the U.S., listed by state. There are also a few listings from other countries.

  • Homeless archives: discussion list, FAQs, agencies, geographic archives.

  • Academic Courses A brief list of courses offered on homelessness at several Universities.

• 54 Ways You Can Help The Homeless An on-line book by Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff. Includes a list of groups that are fighting homelessness.

• Myths about Homelessness A short list presented by The American Homeless Society.

• Homelessness in America One page covers: Who is homeless, Myths about the homeless, How you can help, and ten links for more information.

• Homeless Online A Bay Area (California) organization which seeks to use internet resources to benefit the homeless. Includes: The Street Sheet, a newspaper of features for the homeless from the Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco; Love on the Tracks, homepage for the homeless of Palo Alto; and Homelessness Resources Online.

• Intro to Homelessness Take a quiz, read a story, or look at courses offered about homelessness at San Francisco State University. Lots of questions and suggestions.

• University of Wisconsin Campus Homeless Project, University of Wisconsin at Madison.

• Homeless in America Discusses reasons for homelessness, politics, demographics, resources. At least check out the waving flag animation.

• Repairers of the Breach Homeless Group - Milwaukee, WI A non-profit group founded in 1989, led primarily by people who have experienced homelessness or poverty. Information on homeless services available in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Noon Run - Photo Essay See how the students at Marquette University gain by serving daily lunches to homeless people. A photo tour created by Leroy Skalstad, a formerly homeless Vietnam veteran, in conjunction with student Chad Collins.

Homelessness Nationwide

• The American Homeless Society A list of homeless shelters in the U.S., state by state.

• Global Homeless Network - Online Get a global overview of homelessness from this site. Features the Global Homeless Network Webring.

• National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty seeks to "advocate effectively to protect the rights of homeless people and to implement solutions to end homelessness in America. To achieve its mission, the Law Center pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education." Features current work, publications, homelessness information, news, and links.

• Action Without Borders is a global network of individuals and organizations working through the Internet and through local chapters to promote and facilitate collaboration, volunteerism and investment: sharing ideas, information and resources to help build a world where all people can live free, dignified and productive lives.

Need to write a paper? Try these research links:

• Non-profit Resources Catalog Internet sites for nonprofits and those interested in a wide variety of issues. Includes sites on:
  • Fundraising and Giving (247 entries)

  • General Nonprofit Resources (559 entries)

  • Health and Human Services (694 entries), including

    • substance abuse,

    • hunger and homelessness

    • domestic violence and abuse

  • United States Government (341 entries)

  • Department of Housing and Urban Development An extensive, well-organized site with listings for community, business, and citizens' groups, information about HUD, and home ownership issues.

  • Legislative Information from the Library of Congress Search for bills by title, topic, number, or date. Read about the legislative process, the federal congressional record, or committee information.

  • Yahoo.com: Society and Culture: Poverty: Homelessness The search engine's list of websites.

  • Books on Homelessness from Amazon.com Order books on homelessness through this on-line bookseller.

  • Lead or Leave A Generation X political lobbying group emphasizing education, the federal budget, social security, political reform, health care, gay rights, employment, the environment, and homelessness. Many non-mainstream links.

  Missing Persons

  • Missing Persons Project A website to help reunite missing people with their loved ones. Search the database for missing people, post a photograph and description in the poster section

  • Somebody's Mother For eight years, Arlene Holladay was homeless in Salt Lake City. This website was created by her daughter, Teresa. It features articles from local newspapers, details of Arlene's daily routine as a street entertainer, and sections on helping family members avoid homelessness.

  Photography by and about Homelessness

  • Structure out of Chaos A photo survey of people living in shantytowns by Mary Lou Uttermohlen. Subjects include: cleanliness, toilets, electricity, children, pastimes, sexuality, animals, and religion.

  • Shinjuku Street Project Photographs of homeless life, eviction, portraits, in Shinjuku Train Station, Japan, by twelve photographers (1996).

  • Gutter Tribe: Kids on the Street Photographs by Jana Birchum about homeless youth in Austin, Texas (1995).

  • The Floaters Art Gallery/The Homeless Arts Project A gallery of art by homeless and near-homeless artists, including children. Affiliated with Arizona State University.

  Mental health and substance abuse

  • National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness

  • "Homelessness and Addiction Recovery", a short article by Michael Liimatta, of the International Union of Gospel Missions. Also, a short article listing eight ways to help homeless people.

  Employment for the Homeless

  • Homeless Job Hotline's Internet Job Resource Center An on-line service featuring homeless people in Las Vegas looking for work.

  Service providers in Albuquerque

  • Joy Junction Provides meals, shelter, clothing, counseling. Family shelter, does not accept single men.

  • Women's Community Association Shelter and programs for victims of domestic violence.

  Homelessness in the News

  • Solving homelessness - An Interview with H.A.A.G. president Scott Bryant, March 13, 1998, by Adam Lopez, Daily Lobo

Index

Albuquerque Services

Ways to help

H.A.A.G. Calendar

U.N.M.

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