The Invisible Homeless
By Andrew Fraieli The visual of a mother and child walking down the street, then her gently leading the child to the other side to avoid someone sitting with a sign is easy to picture. The mother doesn’t mean to be cruel, it’s uneasy suspicion. But what does this teach the child? They’ll ignore these people on their own, rather than ask if they
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Billy Albert: A Man of Many Hats at COSAC
By Andrew Fraieli Billy Albert’s favorite color is midnight blue. Or maybe maroon too. It’s a hard question he says. This, after elaborating on a bath salts twitching person in the fetal position that he came upon and was able to help. Helping people in bad situations, mostly the homeless, has become his job and his every day. Having been at the shelters for
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America’s First Nonprofit Motel
By Andrew Fraieli In Lake City, Florida a new motel called Motel 8 has been opened, and it’s completely run by formerly homeless. Sean Cononie, the head of the COSAC foundation which has been helping the homeless since 1997, says it is “America’s first nonprofit motel.” He started the project hoping to give the homeless skills for the hotel industry and the opportunity to
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Miami’s Pottinger Agreement and How It Affects The Homeless
By Andrew Fraieli The homeless population in Miami has recently been the subject of much debate, specifically on the agreements and lawsuits that protect them from a past history of police harassment. Before a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 1988, police would routinely destroy the property of homeless living on the street and arrest them on misdemeanors of trespassing on
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HUD report details increase in “worst case housing needs.”
Written by Adam Sennott The number of “very poor” families struggling to pay rent without the help of government subsidies increased between 2013 and 2015, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said. About 8.3 million unsubsidized families spent more than half their income on rent, lived in “severely substandard housing,” or in some cases both in 2015, according to HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs
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Medical Emergency at Homeless Voice Shelter
This homeless man’s oxygen was at 73 percent when we got to him. This was very critical. It was important for us to get his oxygen up as much as possible before EMS arrived. We finally got his Oxygen up to 95 percent. Our in house medics are our homeless people who took a first responder course to be able to use oxygen, AED’s
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Such a BIG heart tucked behind two little pockets
I have lived with Georgia in Room 220, the Psyche Ward, since 2005. She and I had so much in common with our birthdays in April – only six days apart – so much “fire” in one room. In a room filled with nothing but girls, one second we were celebrating our birthdays together with a “room birthday party” filled with treats, cards, music,
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Are You Ready to Run?!
Join us for our 3rd Annual Race To End Homelessness! On April 6th, 2013 we will be hosting our 5k run to benefit the homeless of Broward County. Registration is $30 and besides being a generous donation to a local charity, you also get a t-shirt, a race goody bag, and a chance to win gift cards to local restaurants and stores in our
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Dear Homeless Voice Readers
We are the small non-profit that runs the #1 emergency and response shelter in South Florida. We serve, house, and care for 500 homeless every day, and have costs like any other business: water, power, rent, programs, staff and legal help. The Homeless Voice is extremely effective. It is a place where anyone in need will get help. It is a safe place for
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Care To Help The Homeless?
Does your store, office, or place of business want to say, “Care to Help the Homeless?” We would like to offer you the chance to put our bucket and papers in your place of business so you can collect funds for us and then once every ten days we will be by to pick up the funds. This is to help us stay in
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