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Joe Volk urges government attention for family homelessness
On April 16th, Community Advocates CEO Joe Volk testified before a Congressional briefing on homelessness convened by the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness. At the briefing, as well as in a follow-up interview by The Nation, Volk highlighted the need to address family homelessness. "Families, for a decade, have been ignored," he said, as efforts focused instead on homeless individuals. "It's a whole different dynamic for families," Volk explained. Community Advocates operates shelters that serve both individuals and families. Please click here to read the entire article.
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James
James cannot read or write, because he is cognitively disabled. His caretakers have guessed that this is because he drank kerosene as a kid. He gets confused very easily, and when he is confused, he gets defensive and aggressive.
James was living in a dark, narrow, moldy basement apartment. He kept saying he wanted to move out of this “raggedy old house” (his way of referring to his sub-par rental unit).
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