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India http://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/facts/addiction.pdf this site is very usefull i think it was very helpfull and i got a lot of facts off this site. I strongly recomend it.

Joseph This is a good resource for PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder. PTSD is mostly found in war veterans, it is hard to live with and will put people onto the streets. This website explains it really smoothly. The causes and ailments. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/DS00246 Marley My topic is why we should end homelessness and this website tells you all about the the "Point In Time" count. This count shows why we should end homelessness because more every day they find people sleeping under bridges and in the park. Many people stay with friends or family until a bed opens up at a shelter these people are not included in the count. However people how do stay at a shelter are included in the count. This count gives you a good number of the people that are homeless, what they survive off of and makes you aware of the problem. __[|http://homelessness.change.org__________________]__

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My topic is natural disasters, in one of my paragraphs I talk about hurricane katrina. You could learn from this site, that what people needed to do to get that part of America back together. It states a lot of facts, like how it started and how long it was, where it hit, how much money it took to repair the damages. And what people did and who they were that helped.

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=Chandler= This link provides the USA Today article on the 20 meanest cities in the country. It includes the homelessness policies of Sarasota, Florida, incluing laws and regulations such as homeless people need a government license to sleep in a public area. It also provides information on the self-proclaimed "Homeless capital of the world" (L.A.) [|http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-13-homeless-cities_x.htm(Copy] and paste into web box) =Lily RM=

Education for young people and youth
This website provides reaserch, resources, and information enabling communities to address the education needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness. There is an interesting link to classroom with revolving doors they have a lot of information about helping kids that are homeless get an education. [|http://www.naehcy.org] = =

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=Cole= The Homeless Families Foundation This website provides information about an organazation that helps familys and children up to the age of 18. There are many interesting articles and information about who they are and what they do. This website explains the services that the organazation does for families. Great information and great website. [|http://homelessfamiliesfoundation.org] = =

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=__Darcy__= __Homeless with addictions http://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/facts/addiction.pdf__ This article is about homeless people with addictions. It explains what the relationship between them is, and why some homeless do drugs and drink. It states that just because they have additions they are not bad people. I says some ways that we are and can help, I highly recommend it.

= = = = __  Homeless people with jobs- Maura__ This article is about how homeless people aren't lazy and a lot of the (about 22%) have full or part time jobs but are being paid minimum wage so they cant afford proper housing. If you are interested in learning about things like how the rumor homeless people are lazy is a complete stereotype this website is for you! __http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7D61530F93AA25751C1A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all__

Natalie G. Title:Abusive families end up on streets because of problems This is a great website about how children are abused by their family and why families are abusive to children. They are doing many things to try to stop abuse for children but also for everyone. __http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/98/2.12.98/abuse.html__

Sophie L. Title: What the goverment does after natural disastersThis page is about how much money goes into caring for people and damage after natural disasters. It's main point is that money is always going to be put into natural disasters but they are not going to end. There are many homeless people after these disasters and also damage. Sometimes people prepare but it still doesn't hold back for a visit from mother nature. This article is great if you need to know about homeless after natural disasters. __http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1005/102805nj1.htm**__

Hugh title:Depression-era Soup Kitchens This article is about the sooup kitchens in the depression which is sort of what we are going through right now. It is about how in the depression people were getting laid off and more and more people were living on the streets, and how the homeless poulation was going up so soup kitchens needed more money. The article is great if you want to know about homelessness in a bad economy.

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Tempel__ Title:Say No to Panhandling! This article is about if panhandling is bad or not. This article has good resources and is very true. It gives you a second opinion and could change your mind it had such a great opinion. If you are stuck with your opinion you may want to read this article because it will change you mind. The facts in the article help prove the persons thought. This is a great article if you are learning about panhandlers. __http://www.downtownmemphis.com/domain/cleansafe/cleansafe_panhandling.asp

Title: Atlanta cracks down on panhandalers This article tells you not to give money directly to ,but put money the parking meters for homeless people. Panhandelers are agressive. They also target tourists and sometimes they will not return. Atlanta also passed a law that you can't panhandal. __http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94638020
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Noel D-__ Title: How do panhandlers spend your money This website talks about how panhandlers might not always be spending the money you give them on drugs and alcohal. They could be saving up for something, they are making $30 to $40 a day! Many of the people that give to panhandlers feel that when they give money to beggers that it makes them feel like they made that persons day just by giving them .25-1.00 in change. Although to them your just another person that just added to their daily "pay check." It also talks about an orginazation that you can give to instead of giving to the individual person. Just like Mr. Van Leuen said your actualy preventing them from getting the help they need if you give money to panhandlers. __http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/328421_beggar21.html**____

Title of page: Say NO to panhandling Say yes to charities that help the homeless and the needy" In this website, you will find a lot of information on why it is wrong to give money to panhandlers. It tells what they are most likely to do with the money, which in many situations is spending it on drugs and alcohol or on self destructive addictions. The websites also explains that many panhandlers are not homeless and begging for money became their way of earning it/their profession. However, it also tells how you can help the needy- by donating to shelters and corporations that help feed them and build homes for them. Also, in this website you will find a lot of great reasons about why panhandling is illegal. If someone was interested in why it is important not to give money to panhandlers, this would be a great website to get information from. __Website__:http://www.downtownmemphis.com/domain/cleansafe/cleansafe_panhandling.asp
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Sam A. - Minimum Wage: http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/flsa/ This website talks about minimum wage. It covers things like what some of the minimum wages are and there are some blue links you can click on to learn more about a certain topic. The topics are, FLSA Minimum Wage, FLSA Overtime, Hours Worked, Record Keeping and Youth Employment. Each link is very helpful and includes a detailed description the certain topic.

Grace-This is a website that talks about a health care service for the homeless in maryland. It talks about how they provide mental health care, regular check ups and help for serios illnesses. if you are doing your letter on health care this site could help a lot. http://www.hchmd.org/services.html****____________

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__Natasha__ [|T__his website is about homeless war veterans. It talks about reaching out to the veterans. They help them if they need it, get them back in school, getting them a job etc..they basically shape there life back. And there's even a kids page to! If you are writing about homeless veterans then this source would be very benificial.__ http://www1.va.gov/Homeless/]======

The Guide for Civic Problem Solving - [|Solutions for America] __Lily RM__ On this website you can find, if you are homeless, local homeless assistance, housing counseling and information for homeless veterans. You can also find information on other HUD assistant programs there is also a really neat link on the section "If you want to help the homeless" on how kids can help the homeless. __http://www.hud.gov/homeless/index.cfm

Kyle Info on some organizations(food, shelter, clothes) and what thy try to accomplish.It also gives you info on why they do what they do.I think that this is a good website for other topics as well. http://www.nationalhomeless.org/resources/local/local.html Affordable Housing Summary of what is on the page http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/affordablehousing/ Rebekah__ [|Minimum Wages] This site shows all the state's minimum wages and the states rules about them.IThis site also includes other facts about minimum wages. Its really good if you are looking at individual states. This site has some other sites attached to it about minimum wages.

__Zile Teaching the Homeless to get a Job__ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/16/EDG6ELJ3QL1.DTL This site explains how people who are in a bad situation can get a job. Whether the person is homeless, jobless etc., they can still find employment and start the road to self-sufficiency. This site tells about how, no matter what situation a person is in, they can still reclaim their life.

Caroline R Homeless Childern http://www.familyhomelessness.org/pdf/fact_children.pdf This site has many facts about homeless childern and some about childern and familes. It has great statistics about what happens to them that leads to homelessness (e.g. struggle in school, or have witnessed violence acts). The PDF explains how most homeless childern either don't always attend school or frequently switch schools which their for leads to struggling in school. Also, most homeless childern are confronted adult-like siguations like abusive behaver. Kids also become homeless because their parents are not able to afford housing so they all have to become homeless.

__Benny The Cost of Emergency Room Visits http://www.homelessamerican.com/cost.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/opinion/30herbert.html The first one is about how much it costs to got to the emergency room. The second one is a couple of storys that talk about when people were rejected to go into the emergency room in New York. This article is for anybody who's topic is about Homeless going into Emergency Room and how much it costs.  Alison* Homeless Moving In Foreclosed Houses http://www.zimbio.com/Buy+Foreclosure+Home+Make+Money+Buying+Foreclosure+Homes/articles/234/Homeless+Moving+Foreclosed+Houses__ This article is about a organization called Take Back the Land. This organization gives housing to the homeless. They take the foreclosed homes that the banks does nothing with and give them to the homeless.  The organization also gives the homeless furniture, cleaning supply's, and gardening assistance. In some places people have gone as far so paying the homeless to live in these people-less houses. Take Back the Land is doing this for security measure.       Calvin__ Summary: A blog about how denver wants to end homelessness in the area. These people are trying to end homelessness by pointing out a big fact that, this problem wont go away until they have proper housing. They also talk about one of our main homelessness ads. (remove all words until the end of html) __[|http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/02/denver-ads-offe.html]

Lauren You shouldn't give money to homeless. There are many other ways to help. http://www.progressiveu.org/145802-yes-you-can-help-homeless-one-powerbar-time This is a blog about somebody who is arguing whether to give money or not to the homeless. This person wants to help but doesn't know what to do at first. This person looks at this issue through many perspectives. In the end they decide that you .............. <span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"> __Daphne__ This is a website that shows/has questions and answers for homelessness. Hope it can help. http://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/facts.html

Thomas This website lectures the reader about the diseases in homelessness and the homeless health care and funding in the United States. It also talks about the branch of medicine dealing with the incidence and prevalence of diseases in the homeless society. It would help someone who is doing disease and/or chronic mental illnesses for their persuasive essay. http://www.solutionsforamerica.org/thrivingneigh/homelessness.html

Ian This website talks about what panhandlers use their money on. It also explains how panhandlers who are addicted to drugs and alcohol would get there money if we didn't give it to them. this website would help someone who was looking for how panhandler addicts would get their money if we didin'give it to them. http://condensedparanoiainacan.blogspot.com/2008/02/should-we-give-money-to-panhandlers.html

Clarke This site gives some reasons why people are homeless, ways to fix the problem, and how you can help. It has a lot of good resources. My topic is Helping the homeless helps us, but it should come in handy for lots of other topics. http://www.thesite.org/homelawandmoney/home/homelessness/helpingthehomeless

Joey this website is about some laws against panhandling and how it affects the beggars. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-22-panhandle_N.htm

=Zach says...= http://www.endhomelessness.org/section/tools/tenyearplan This is a good site if you would like to learn about the ten year plan to end homelessness. It helps you learn about what people are doing to end homelessness. This is good to tell people about what they can do if that is what your letter is about. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-13-homeless-cities_x.htmThis is a good website about Sarasota, Florida being the "meanest" city in the nation. It is useful if you want to learn about what they do and you can tell them to fix it in your letter.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"> http://www.downtownmemphis.com/domain/cleansafe/cleansafe_panhandling.asp <span style="color: rgb(8, 8, 8);"> This sight gives you a description about why giving money to panhandlers does not help them get off of the streets and in to a home. This sight also talks about people who give to pan handlers and how this is a waste of money. This sight states that most of the money given to pan handlers is spent on addictions, such as smoking and drinking alcohol. - helena

Spencer D. The writer of this article (frm Memphis) gives good reasons not to give to panhandlers. One big reason is that it can be unsafe to take out your money in public. Some panhandlers have been in and out of jail. If you open your wallet in front of the you might be at risk for getting robbed. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"> http://www.paulryburn.com/blog/panhandling/ Natalie L Food Stamps in Oregon - http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/assistance/foodstamps/foodstamps.shtml This webpage describes how food stamp programs work in Oregon, where food stamps helped about 440,000 people buy some of the food they needed in 2007. People in need obtain an average of $176 worth of groceries per month using an electronic food stamp system in Oregon grocery stores.

=**Brandon**= This website is about how panhandlers use their money when they're saying that their hungry, this website also has a movie about how a panhandler changed and now has a different idea about panhandler's.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/328421_beggar21.html <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);">

== || [|olligal123] http://www.denvergov.org/CouncilDistrict7/HomelessnessinDenver/tabid/383233/Default.aspx this is a website that has many facts about homelessness. it has facts in percents, facts about how people get homeless, how people can help the homeless and many others. it is great for the letters we are writing, especially homelessness awareness because it has facts about how people can help. --- nicole <3 || ==