Prohibiting Felons from voting forever?? https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2020/07/06/arizona-ex-felons-face-harshest-voting-restrictions/3269304001/ There’s a story today that places Arizona in 2nd to last place in the voter rights category. When you are convicted of a crime at the Felony level, you loose your right to vote but even after you serve your sentence, complete your parole…
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Would $1,200 Help?
You too can get the stimulus money being given out by the federal government. I have used this tool to help 3 homeless people register to get the stimulus check that may be just what they need to secure housing –
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CoronaVirus and YOU!
If you are homeless and or have limited access to television or radio, you may be one of the very few people on the planet who are not aware of what is going on. There is a lot of misinformation out there as well as alarmist type rumors. I want…
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Point in Time Count – Flawed but Still Necessary
The Point in Time Count is flawed, it is a one by one count of homeless people either in shelters or on the streets on one specific day in January. This count is done Nationwide to get an idea how homelessness is growing across the countr
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Housing First or Not?
The Street Fairy’s thoughts on a recent Canadian Study into the Housing First Model I have heard about the Housing First in San Diego a few years ago, they were beginning this model of supplying housing to homeless veterans and a few county programs first, before connecting them to any…
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Phoenix Still Criminalizes Homelessness
About 30 demonstrators gathered at Margaret T. Hance Park Wednesday in downtown Phoenix to urge city leaders to adopt legislation to decriminalize urban camping. Demonstrators organized by advocacy group Fund for Empowerment marched down Central Avenue and back toward the park, chanting and carrying signs that read “Mayor Kate Gallego,…
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