Homelessness

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Marvin Olasky
August 2, 2024
Homelessness
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Coming Out of Trouble

Marvin Olasky
August 2, 2024
Homelessness
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Rob Henderson's Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class (Gallery Books, 2024) is well worth reading. I'll give you two reasons Henderson's life and book are not exceptional, then two reasons why they are. Read More ›
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Marvin Olasky
July 26, 2024
Homelessness
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The Foster-Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline

Marvin Olasky
July 26, 2024
Homelessness
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Earlier this month I wrote about the regular Wednesday dinners for unhoused humans at the University Avenue church. This week I'll write about a Friday night fundraising dinner in a church gym four miles further north. The beneficiary: Safe Families for Children of Austin — one of a hundred Safe Family chapters in 30 states that try to keep children from having the traumatic experiences that contribute to the psychology of homelessness. Read More ›
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Jonathan Choe
July 22, 2024
Homelessness
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Freedom From Fentanyl Walk Displays Bipartisanship to Address Addiction Crisis

Jonathan Choe
July 22, 2024
Homelessness
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U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Raul Garcia and his team of volunteers walked more than a hundred miles across Washington State to bring much needed attention to the fentanyl crisis. This bipartisan group of recovery advocates are also spotlighting mental illness and say they will champion these issues until it leads to real change. I caught up with them on Sunday for the final leg of the journey into Seattle. Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 22, 2024
Homelessness
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Robert Marbut Discusses Grants Pass v. Johnson on [un]Divided with Brandi Kruse

Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 22, 2024
Homelessness
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On unDivided, hosted by Brandi Kruse, Robert Marbut discusses what Grants Pass v. Johnson means for cities and their homeless populations, what cities like Seattle and San Francisco need to do, and the importance of investing in treatment for mental illness and drug addiction, and the reality behind Housing First. Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 18, 2024
Homelessness
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Robert Marbut Discusses Grants Pass v. Johnson on [un]Divided with Brandi Kruse

Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 18, 2024
Homelessness
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On unDivided, hosted by Brandi Kruse, Robert Marbut discusses what Grants Pass v. Johnson means for cities and their homeless populations, what cities like Seattle and San Francisco need to do, and the importance of investing in treatment for mental illness and drug addiction, and the reality behind Housing First. Read More ›
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Caitlyn McKenney
July 10, 2024
Homelessness
1

Public Camping Bans: Not a Cure-All, Not Cruel

Caitlyn McKenney
July 10, 2024
Homelessness
1
We’ve accepted the dangerous conditions of public camping as a fact of urban life. It’s time to change the status quo, and the Supreme Court’s homelessness ruling gives us the chance to do that. Camping bans are not a cure-all or a cruelty. Here’s why. Read More ›
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Caitlyn McKenney
July 2, 2024
Homelessness
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Middle America Has a Lot to Teach us About Homelessness

Caitlyn McKenney
July 2, 2024
Homelessness
1

In this episode, I’m joined by Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Marvin Olasky who is the author of 29 books, the former editor of WORLD Magazine, and has spent the last year living in homeless programs across the U.S. to learn from the people living in them. We discuss the bias of West Coast journalism, what makes programs successful, and the stories Read More ›