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The Art4TheHomeless website has hadanother makeover. This time, we finallyfound the perfect look. When it comes tomake up, less is more. Well, for Art4TH,that is very true.

We went with Wordpress and used anHTML 5 template, changed the colors toblack and white, added an analyticscode, integrated the Webzine into thewebsite,found a way to bring back musicso the music you are hearing is from twoFeature Performing Artists.

The advice given to us by our Chief Mar-keting Officer has had a huge impact onthe website.

Also the Art4TH Zine will start selling adspace. We have an introductory rate of$15 for a full page space but it’s onlygood for the July 15th Edition. So if youwant it–grab it. All the money goes toArt4TheHomeless and know that thesooner we get our gallery open, then thesooner we can start sponsoring otherhomeless relief organizations.

Speaking of sponsoring homeless relieforganizations, The Masquerade is host-ing a fundraiser for Art4TheHomeless.Tickets will be on sale July 15th and allproceeds will go to Art4TheHomeless.

Coinciding with the event is a raffle drawing.Tickets will be sold at $2 per ticket and win-ners will be announced at the Masqueradeevent. If you purchase a ticket but don’t goto the event, don’t worry. We will hold theprize for you and alert you by email that youhave won. The money raised from the raffledrawing will be split betweenArt4TheHomeless and Covenant House ofGeorgia, a nonprofit homeless relief organi-zations that rescues kids off the streets.Covenant House is also our Feature Home-less Relief Organization–we figured youneeded to learn about CHGA since moneywill also be raised for them.

If you would like to donate a prize for theraffle drawing, please contact Johnna Crid-er at johnnacrider@art4thehomeless.org.

If you purchase a ticket for Guitar Apoca-lypse For The Homeless at Purgatory, (Mas-querade Event) you will receive acomplimentary entry into the raffle drawing.

We will also be re-editing our Art4TH Busi-ness Plan thanks to Keith’ and his fiancee’singenious advice.

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If you could sum up Covenant HouseGA in 6 words it would be this: Theysave kids from the street.That’s right, I said KIDS.

Some are children who are victims ofabuse. Some were literally droppedon the street by relatives. Some haverun away from home and some haveaged out of the DFACS system.

Covenant House Georgia is the onlycrisis facility for kids between the ag-es of 17 and 21. Their beds in theirshelters are always full.

In 2000, Covenant House Georgiaopened its doors to provide shelterand services to Atlanta’s homelessand runaway youth. For over a de-cade, CHGA has dedicated them-selves to helping young peoplesuffering from homelessness, sexualexploitation, involved in drug-dealing,theft and other anti-social activities.More than 15,000 youth have re-ceived support from CHGA since2000. Currently, more than 1,300homeless and at-risk youth areserved every year. The waiting list,at times, is dishearteningly long.

Every year more than 2 million kidsin America will face a period of home-lessness. Behind the face of everyhomeless young person is anotherheart-breaking story -� a teenageboy abused by his alcoholic parent,or a pregnant girl rejected by herguardian, or a teenager trying to es-cape gang membership or a life of

v 57% of homeless kids spend at least oneday every month without food.

v In the United States, as many as 20,000 kidsare forced into prostitution by humantraffickingnetworks every year.

vAccording to a study of youth in shelters,nearly 50% reported intense conflict orphysical harm by a family member as amajor contributing factor to theirhomelessness.

vOver 25% of former foster children becomehomeless within two to four years of leavingthe system.

v 50% of adolescents aging out of foster careand juvenile justice systems will behomeless within six months because theyare unprepared to live independently, havelimited education and no social support.

vAlmost 40% of the homeless in the UnitedStates are under 18.

Facts of Youth Homelessness

forced prostitution. In case after case,the main cause of youth homeless-ness is physical, sexual, and/or emo-tional abuse from parents orguardians. The facts about homeless-ness are staggering - but acknowl-edging the depth of the problem isthe first step in fixing it.

There are several ways you can helpCovenant House of GA. You canstart by going to their website andsigning up for their newsletter, volun-teering, or donating money, food,clothes, and sharing a link to themon your Facebook page.ht

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Homelessness is a prevalent issue in Hawaiiand in Kona. I’ve been attempting to research it.There are plans and collations to end it, thereare people who choose to live homeless andthen there are people who are attempting towork and support themselves while beinghomeless. Sometimes drugs and alcohol areinvolved, sometimes they are not, a significantamount of the homeless population has a mentalillness.

There is a homeless shelter in Kona and manytransitional group homes. I live in one.

I have a mental illness. While living here I havewritten two books and have served on the Boardof Directors for the Hawaii Island Writer’sAssociation. I also participate in 12-Stepactivities, I am a successful person even thoughI have been through what I have.

I don’t know at what point I will transition out ofthis group home. We have beautiful sunsets andI have wonderful roommates. I hope that I willnever live on the street. There are noguarantees in life. I dream of days of having ahome of my own and to be more practicallyfunctional. For the time being I write and live. Iwatch geckos play on my lanai and my life ispretty simple. I like it that way. The followingpoem is about watching my gecko buddies onthe lanai. Aloha, Cindy

Ferocious Geckos

A ferocious gecko just chomped a moth

Must have been listening to it’s lizard brain

Eating out of primal instincts

I watch horrified

To see this tiny thing

Eat another of wings

Delicate and snatched

Trapped within green teeth

Pale. To be a moth

Within the mouth of a gecko

And to see me looking on

The horror in my eyes

After all geckos are my friends

As are the moths

Hovering around

Flighty in their instincts

Frowned upon.

Trapped in the jaws

Of a modern dinosaur

Certainly I relate to that

Matter of fact, the lizard brain

Driving me hunts

With recollection swinging its tail

Around and by. The moth in me

Flitting around and by

Only to be snatched in the jaws

Of death by a lizard

The king in my brain

Thinking I am something other

Than a little gecko licking

What it finds delicious.

Only to croak and chirp

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based in Austin, Texas. Art From The Streets is a homeless relief organizationthat helps homeless artists not only get their artwork seen but also sold sothey can get off the streets. According to Mr. Williams, “I have never beforeexperienced such intimate creativity as being a member of the AFTS Artist

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For a short time only, you couldpay $15 for a full page layout.Offer valid for the July 15th Edi-tion. Send email toart4th@art4thehomeless.org formore info!

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It's hurricane season, storm season andHurrication sounds so much better thanevacuation. Living in Louisiana, my familyhad lots of hurrications (my mom came upwith that name).

StoneAge - We packed for hurrications inadvance a box that could be grabbed in ahurry. The box contained: cash, a batteryradio with extra batteries, sleeping bags,aflashlight with extra batteries, a crankflashlight (yes, you actually truned a crankto get light), matches (in old snuff canssealed with vasoline), extra batteries sealedin canning jars, two changes of clothes.dominoes (to help pass the time), a deck ofcards, crossword/puzzle books, copies ofimportant documents (sealed in a canningjar), a weeks supply of medicine and asprin(before Tylenol) sealed in a canning jar, acook pot, some utensils, dried beef, driedfruit, jars of distilled water, a gallon ofbleach, bandages (sealed in canning jars),candles, and some canned food that momhad made. She always had enough packedfor a week. Mom said that in a week thingswould be better. Mom always made medrink distilled water; but for cooking shewould strain and boil water.

Today - My hurrication box containes:battieries (in ziplocks), battery radio,sleeping bags. flashlights, matches (inziplocks), some cash in a ziplock (just incase electronic pay isn't working), instantcoffee/tea, otc pain meds and first aidsupplies, a large ziplock with copies ofimportant papers/phone numbers, cards,dominoes, puzzle books, bleach/lysol, wipes(baby wipes,etc. for quick cleanup), driedfruit/ meat (love dried shrimp), manual canopener, cook pot, utensils, pop top cannedvegetable (also a source of liquids), cannedmeat (spam, ham, tuna), crackers, a few

gallons of drinking water, slim quick mealbars, slim quick protein drinks, MREs (mealready to eat), two changes of clothes and achange of shoes, extra chargers for cellphones/electronic devices, a weeks worth ofprescription medicine with pharmacyinformation (some pharmacies will help youwith medicine in case of emergency). It's abig plastic tub, easy to grab and leave whenI have to leave for a hurrication.

How much you pack depends on your tastes,food preferences and for how many days.Plan on not having water, fuel, electricity for2 days, blankets for warmth, pillows optional,dry shoes to change into (I hate wearing wetshoe/clothes), rain ponches. Everyonepacks differently. Pack for you. This box willeven work in summer or winter when thepower goes out, you might want to t includea tent and sleeping bags.

If you have furry family members, packwater, food, crates, leashes and keepmedical/shot records with a picture of yourfurry baby (incase they get lost - locatorchips are GREAT).

With a little planning Hurrications don't haveto be bad. When my son and daughter wereyounger with company in the house, thepower went out during a BAD storm. I gotout the candles, opened the chips/dip, thebattery cassette player and put in "War ofthe Worlds". We had natural special effectsof lightening and thunder. Now talk aboutSCARY, their imaginations ran wild listeningto the story with all the natural effects. Myson still says that the movies pale incomparison to that night.

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When I came out of the AAA officethis morning after asking why theytook money out of my account today,making my bank account negative, Iheard a skateboarder riding next tome. I looked over and saw hewasn’t on his way to talk to me, butthe guy next to me who wasgetting into his truck. My car wasparked right next to the truck so Iwas able to hear the kid (17?) askthe guy for a couple bucks forfood, offering to wash his windowsand described how his clothes gotsoaked from the rain last night. Theguy told the kid, “not today”.

Whatever.

But now the kid was leaving. I said,“Hey! what’s up?” The kid said,“Ooh nothing. I’m just looking to getsome breakfast. I’ve beenhomeless for about 6 months and myclothes got soaked in the rain lastnight, and I don’t know if it’s going torain again.”

“Nope, you’re good. It’s just going tobe cloudy all week. You want acouple bucks?”

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“I got some socks too if you want em.Brand new.”

“Oh yea man that would be great!”

His eyes lit up and he smiled. Hefinally introduced himself as Ben,

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I hesitated to tell him I was homelesstoo. Instead I told him to getsomething to eat and enjoy the day. Iusually don’t tell a homelessperson I just met that I too amhomeless when I meet them in thesametown I sleep in. I need to get to knowthem a little more first.That’s just my way of playing it safe.Because we’re both vulnerable.Building relationships is a little morefragile here.

When I see Ben again, I’ll spendmore time with him. I wish I did thismorning, but at least I made a newfriend smile.

Moral of this story; even when you’rebroke and in a rush, you canstill make someone smile. Providinga pair of socks is the cheapest,easiest and quickest way to befriend,encourage and humanize ahomeless person. Please considerkeeping a bag of White Gold in yourcar to see one of these smiles.

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pursue a music career, he formed a band called GG and TheShock Waves.

Later in the 1980s, joining the band, Rush Hour in Columbia SC,as lead vocalist and light percussion player, opened for concertheadliners, Bill Pinkey and The Original Drifters and Billy Paul ofMe and Mrs. Jones fame. August 27,2006, "GG and Friends"played the opening at Lakewood in the Atlanta Ga. area on theside stage for the Mary J. Blige concert "The BreakthroughExperience" .

Today GG resides in Atlanta, GA. For the most part, GG is asolo performer,using his bass guitar as a soulfulaccompaniment. His sound is an exciting combination of artists:Luther Vandross, Larry Graham, Teddy Pendergrass, LionelRichie and the Motown sound. GG adores performing foraudiences who like to dance to the sounds of legends such as:Kool and the Gang; Frankie Beverly and Maze, Ohio Players,Sly Stone, the Isley Brothers and Rick James.

With over twenty years in the music business along withreleasing his first single, I Cant Live Like This; GG has beenhelping musicians, artists, and others to learn how to protecttheir work. As an expert in copyrights, he conducts workshopsand seminars, offers instructional books, kits, forms, speaks andpresents to panels, and does one-to-one consultations on hisareas of expertise.

To purchase his music or learn more, go to his website.

There seems to be a movementunderfoot concerning how to manageour lives in this economy by

“downsizing” and becoming “self-sufficient.” This can either helppeople to free up more availablecash; keep from becoming homeless;or to become re-housed once they’velanded on the streets.

In doing some research, I’ve comeacross a few amazing resources!Let’s say that you are currentlyhoused, but just need to cut down onexpenses. Check out the projects ofUrban Homesteaders, Jules Dervaesand his family:http://urbanhomestead.org.

If you want to simply downsize thescale of your home, then you mustread the work of Lloyd Khan:

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Michael “Bug” Deakin's Heritage Sal-vagehttp://www.heritagesalvage.com/reclamation-road

Self-Sustainability

Common Ground Worldwide is a501(c)(3) grassroots, nonprofitorganization. Our purpose is to

provide interfaith spiritual support;education about global culturesand religions; and to engage inhumanitarian outreach efforts.

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Katie is an Atlanta based vocalist who sings coversof pop songs beautifully. She is also a songwriterand pianist. The clip she provided for the Art4THZine is purposefully cut short–a teaser for our view-ers to encourage them to check her out, I’m sure.

To learn more about Katie, check her out on Face-book, which has links to more of her music.

Making tea can be an art rather than ascience - tea drinkers will debate whatexact water temperature to use for aparticular kind of tea, the merits of differenttea infusers, glass tea pots (and teapotsare surely among the decorative arts!)versus metal teapots, and so on. Evenwhat form tea comes in can appeal to thesenses, before it is ever brewed.

Today I made a small pot of a kind of teacalled Pu-Erh (or puerh, or puer). Pu-Erh isgenerally an aged tea, something thatdoesn't occur with most teas, and anotherpeculiarity of puerh is that it is usuallypackaged in "bricks" rather than as loosetea leaves. The one I brewed up today wasfrom 2007, and it came in the form of asmall solid sphere, wrapped in a decorativepaper wrapper, so that it looked a little likea piece of candy. I can't tell you what brandit is - the only thing that I could read of thewrapper is the year; the rest is in Chinese.It was sent to me as part of a swap, wherethe person who sent it collects Pu-Erhs. So,a review of this tea is not so that you canrun out and buy this specific tea; rather, it'sto give you an idea of what to look for outthere.

I brewed this tea by just placing the solidsphere of tea in a pot and then pouring thehot water over it; the block dissolves intoindividual dark tea leaves, and then lookspretty much like any other tea. I dealt withthe leaves by pouring the tea through astrainer into cups, but one could also placethe brick, sphere, or block of puerh into aninfuser of some sort in the tea pot, so thatthe water would flow through but theleaves would be contained. Which way todo it would be a matter of personal tasteand what equipment you happen to haveclosest to hand.

Pu Erhs, like Oolongs, are known forhaving "notes" - aromas and tastes beyondplain tea leaves. The note mentioned mostoften for Puerh is "earthy" - an aroma alittle bit like good potting soil, which is notnearly as unappetizing as you might thinkat first. It's a bit mineral-y, and a bit likepotatoes. This one was typical in havingthat earthy note, and brewed up as astrong black tea, where "dark" is the firstB

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In other puerhs, many people will notice adistinct mushroomlike aroma and eventaste.

I usually drink my puerh with nothing at alladded. I suppose one could add a pinch ofsugar or sweetener, without harming it.What you definitely DON'T want to do isadd milk - this is not a tea to add milk too,any more than to an oolong. I also don'tfind that lemon helps puerh any - it seemsto taste better without any.

A puerh with only a mild earthy note canbe iced, but one with a stronger aroma andmore earthy taste would probably tastequite odd as iced tea.

Since I can't recommend this specificpuerh because I have no idea what it is, letme leave you (tea leaves - pun intended)with some other Puerhs to look for. Manynatural foods stores and gourmet storescarry the Rishi brand of tea. Rishi makessome flavored Pu-erhs, such as gingerflavored, as well as plain, and their Pu-erhgenerally comes as loose leaves ratherthan as bricks. If you would like to trypuerh in tea bags, a company called TenRen makes a bagged puerh; it's mildlyearthy and woodsy, not a really strongflavor. You can find Ten Ren teas on theinternet, or in stores if you happen to livein California, New York, or the WashingtonDC area.

Coming up: Earl Grey - and what the heckis bergamot.

These Cold Streets

t's a cold outsideHere on these soulless streetsAnd I can't understand why so manystayAway from the warm embrace of theones....Who love them

Maybe the frigid airWeakens their joints so they can't moveMaybe it's the heavy snow thatCauses them to trudge through lifeOr could it be the cloudy skyBlocks out the vision of truth's sunlight

Or could it be that their heartsAre colder than the arctic weatherAnd the blinding blizzardJust represents how they can't see theirpath

Because it's a society on iceLiving in a sub zero worldEvery word they speakJust comes out as a puff of smoke

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But to block out the pain meansThat you'll never experience pleasureas wellAnd without the sun's illuminationYou'll never see that sparkle in a lover'seye

So we should just embrace the warmthKeep our souls hot no matter the cost But for now...

Because it's a society on iceLiving in a sub zero worldEvery word they speakJust comes out as a puff of smoke

It's a cold world outsideHere on these soulless streetsAnd I can't understand why so manystayAway from the warm embrace of theones....Who love them

Justin Rodriguez is a community organizer and activist who currently resides inWashington, DC. Being homeless for six year has given him a drive to fight forthe rights of homeless adults, homeless families and especially homeless youth.His first organizing success in ensuring better services for the homelessresidents of the Gateway Center of Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently aCoordinator with Terrestria Movement, a partner of Art4TheHomeless that is acollective dedicated to using community organizing as a way to solve socialissues in America.

Have you ever picked up a book or seen amovie and thought that the story wasawesome. Maybe you even thought thatyou could have done a better job. You mayadmire the people who get their workpublished or their screenplay turned into amovie and wonder why that can’t be you.Not everyone is garunteed to be successfulbut if you have an idea and never get itdown you will never have a starting chance.So many people walk around with ideas butnever set them into motion. You may havea very creative idea but if you want to getyour work out there you must start acreative writing process.

Some people may think that starting awriting process is daunting. It is true that itis hard work but the ending result isrewarding. To start you must take the seedout of the package and plant it. That meansthat you must take the idea out of yourmind and put it in written form. The easiestway to do this is to write a logline.

A logline is a one or two sentencedescription that tells who, what and why.Who is the story about, what or who is theirobstacle and why do they need toovercome it. This logline becomes thebase to your story. When ever you write itis easy to lose the sight or path. Referringto your logline helps you to touch base. Anexample of a logline is: “Jason, a fearless 17year-old teen, decides to battle the over-bearing neighborhood bully in order tobring peace and safety to a once tranquiltown.” Action and descriptive words arekey in writing an attention grabbing logline.

After writing a logline you will want to get toknow your main character. You will wantto find out their birth, where they live, theirhabits, their likes and dislikes. You will wantto know if they are a loner or social, theirgreatest fear and greatest dream. Eventhough all of this information may notappear in your story, you will be able towrite a more believable character. You willalso be able to know how they will react to

certain situations and what decisions they willmake.

There are many ways that you can play aroundwith finding out a character’s personality.Determine their birthday and find out thecommon personality traits of their astrologicalsign. Take a personality test like the Myers-Briggs Personality Assessment and answer thequestions as if you are your main character.

Another good way of learning about yourcharacter is to write a character biography.The biography should tell about the character’straits, personality, habits, background, love lifeor lack of a love life, friends, work, what theylook like, how they dress and any otherinformation you may find interesting. Anotherway of learning about your character’sbackground is to create a timeline that startsfrom their birth and ends at the beginning ofyour story. This gives you a good characterfoundation.

After you have learned about your characterstart to create the story. A smart way to startis to create an outline scene by scene orchapter by chapter that gives a briefdescription of each. This will give you an ideato where the plot points of your story occur.You will learn if you need more or less incertain areas and will also get an idea of whatmay or may not work. When you write thestory it is convenient to refer to the outline butremember that you don’t have to stick strictlyto it. Changes are allowed.

There are many ways that you can continueresearching your characters and story. Theimportant part in the creative writing processis to put it into motion. Don’t let a good ideajust sit in your head when you can share it withthe whole world. Even if your work doesn’tbecome the next big hit you will have therewarding feeling of seeing your seed blossominto a complete work of art.

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happening. Working a total of three jobs (Iinclude Art4TheHomeless as one) doesn’tgive me time to cook and eating out is amust when working strange work shifts. SoI’ve had to figure out what I can and can nothave and budget like crazy since, technically,I’m living in poverty. In fact, according toHUD, I’m considered homeless since I livein an extended stay hotel.

For those like me who make too much mon-ey to get Food Stamps, here is a list of foodsthat are healthy and range from inexpensiveto somewhat inexpensive.

Snacks

� Peanuts, mixed nuts, and sunflowerseeds–you can actually live off of sun-flower seeds. When Mom and I werehomeless in 1992, my diet consisted ofschool lunch, sunflower seeds and othercheap stuff.

� Some cheeses–often you can catch asale because they expire and the storewants to get rid of them as quickly aspossible and still make a profit

� Trail Mixes. Get the store brand orcatch a sale

� Fresh veggies such as carrot sticks;though these may be pricier than some.Most fresh produce will be on the high-er side.

� Granola bars

� Apples

Food for a meal can be costly too. I usuallylive on pasta. Yeah, the main thing peoplefreak out because of carbs. What they don’trealize is that some !! Carbsare what help your body function. But thecarbs you need to be eating are

carbs. Complex carbs are foods such as wholegrain breads and pastas, brown rice, tubersand vegetables. These foods are digested moreslowly than simple carbohydrates like whiteflour and sugar.

Inexpensive foods for dinner, lunch and break-fast.

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� Meats–I often catch many a sale on themeats. I don’t eat pork which is one of thecheaper meats. I usually eat chicken andpoultry and some beef. I get steaks all thetime on sale–like a totals of $1-2.

� Pasta–get the whole wheat kind. They arepricier but healthier and you can oftencatch a sale.

� Bread–stick with the wheat or whole grainand watch for those sales.

� Butter is better than margarine becauseit’s the real deal and the fat you are gettingcan be burned off.

� Frozen veggies/fruits

� Cereals. I prefer the whole grain to thesurgary stuff.

� Soy milk and Almond milk are almost al-ways on sale at my grocery store. Thetaste can be blah at first but both are filledwith calcium and protein.

� Beans–not in the canned the the ones youactually have to cook. They are chock fullof protein and very, cheap.

Many think Red Beans and Rice is a fine diningcuisine–but actually I grew up eating it becauseit was cheap to get. Mom would often putfried baloney in lieu of the sausage.

Always get the fresh veggies versus canned. Ifyou do go for the canned, rinse them well in astrainer. You want to avoid the excess sodium.Also, shop at the same store. If you go to threedifferent stores because of variety in pricesyou are not saving money. Chances are youare spending more on gas or Marta (or whatev-er your transportation system is called.

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National Homeless ReliefOrganizations

The Homeless Networkfacebook.com/thehomelessnetwork

The Homelessness Resource Centerhttp://homeless.samhsa.gov/default.aspx

National Coalition on Homelessnesswww.nationalhomeless.org

National Alliance To End Homelessnesswww.endhomelessness.org

National Center on Family Homelessnesswww.familyhomelessness.org

Habitat for Humanity Internationalwww.habitat.org

National Coalition for Homeless Veteranswww.nlchp.org

Housing Assistance Councilwww.ruralhome.org

National Law Center on Homelessness & Povertywww.npach.org

Traveler’s Aidwww.travelersaid.org

National Association for the Education of HomelessChildren and Youth

http://www.naehcy.org/

National Center for the Homeless Educationhttp://center.serve.org/nche/

United Waywww.unitedway.orgDiall 211 in most states

National Health Care for the Homeless Councilhttp://www.nhchc.org/

United States Interagency Council on Home-lessnesshttp://www.usich.gov/

US Department of Health and Human Serviceshttp://www.hhs.gov/homeless/

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