homelessness

Harbor Care receives $30K grant from NH Charitable Foundation in support of services for the homeless

read more…: Harbor Care receives $30K grant from NH Charitable Foundation in support of services for the homeless

Harbor Care announced Wednesday the receipt of a $30,000 grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. This grant will support Harbor Care in advancing its mission-critical work to end homelessness and improve health outcomes by enhancing technology systems, expanding outreach and engagement efforts, and strengthening partnerships to better serve New Hampshire’s most vulnerable individuals and families.

A message of hope: How one man who overcame homelessness and substance abuse is now helping others do the same

read more…: A message of hope: How one man who overcame homelessness and substance abuse is now helping others do the same

“I drive by homelessness all the time and I know sometimes people think that’s all they’re going to be and it’s not true, because that was me years ago, walking around homeless, everything I owned in a laundry bag,” said Nashua resident Jordan Duran. 

Mother of child with shaken-baby syndrome fights for better housing laws and justice for her daughter

read more…: Mother of child with shaken-baby syndrome fights for better housing laws and justice for her daughter

“I lost everything when that happened because I stayed with my child in the hospital for 16 days so I lost my job, I lost where I was living,” Hannan-Vitale said. “I had nothing in Maine for myself anymore, so the only person I had left honestly was my other kids’ dad and he lived in New Hampshire, so I came down here.” 

Joint committee seeks ‘practical policies and initiatives that actually address the homelessness issue’

read more…: Joint committee seeks ‘practical policies and initiatives that actually address the homelessness issue’

According to Alderman Moran, changes need to be made to keep people who are at imminent risk of homelessness from becoming unhoused. He says this includes supporting initiatives that are building low income housing – such as NeighborWorks – expansion of low-income housing, and practical changes to zoning to allow for duplexes rather than single-family homes, which he says will help drive down the cost of rent.

Addressing the heightened urgency of New Hampshire’s homelessness crisis

read more…: Addressing the heightened urgency of New Hampshire’s homelessness crisis

The median cost for a two-bedroom apartment in New Hampshire is about $1,584. To afford it, someone would have to earn about $31 an hour. With the minimum wage at  $7.25 an hour, someone working 168 hours a week — every hour of every day — could not afford the rent. To kick off an occasional series on homelessness, Melanie Plenda talks with Jennifer Chisholm, executive director of the New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness, about the problems and solutions related to homelessness in New Hampshire.

The ID dilemma: How New Hampshire’s ID laws are ‘keeping people homeless’

read more…: The ID dilemma: How New Hampshire’s ID laws are ‘keeping people homeless’

“We have a real problem in getting our clients IDs,” said June Lemen, the shelter’s community projects coordinator. “If you already have a birth certificate and a social security card you can get an ID. But when you don’t –  and homeless people frequently do not – it becomes this incredible system of deny, deny, deny.”

Greater Nashua Continuum of Care to seek funding for projects aimed at youth homelessness

read more…: Greater Nashua Continuum of Care to seek funding for projects aimed at youth homelessness

YHDP is a two-year grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to end youth and young adult homelessness. Once a request for proposals is released, local agencies will be able to submit proposals for projects that in some way focus on housing for youth between the ages of 18 and 25. 

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