Monthly Archives: June 2010
Senator Robert Byrd, Homeless Advocate Too!
By Michael Stoops, NCH Director of Community Organizing The McKinney Act was the first major federal program to provide funds for people experiencing homeless and inspired bipartisan support from both the House and the Senate. The current McKinney-Vento Act remains … Continue reading
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Tagged History, McKinney-Vento Act, Michael Stoops, Politics, Poverty
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We are Still the Same
Here at the National Coalition for the Homeless, co-workers and I were discussing the laws against panhandling that have recently been passed in St. Petersburg, Florida and other cities across the country. These laws against panhandling impose criminal penalties upon … Continue reading
