Posts Tagged ‘shelters’
Ready to Work featured in the Huffington Post as a leader in creating transitional jobs to change lives!
Ready to Work featured in the Huffington Post as a leader in creating transitional jobs to change lives! When experts talk of solutions to homelessness and criminal recidivism, there is resounding agreement that if someone can find and maintain employment, the greater their chances of breaking free of the cycles of dependence and incarceration. But in…
Read MoreA Ready to Work Success Story
In 2009 Dennis lost his full time job. Unable to find steady employment Dennis ended up living on the streets. He spent his days selling the Denver Voice and his nights camping or at the warming center. “On the street I found that my faith in God is what got me through the really rough…
Read MoreHomelessness and Hidden Trauma
She sat in my office, light reflecting from her rippling jet black hair, her dark eyes shining with tears dripping incessantly over the chiseled planes of her face. She told me the history associated with each scar and injury: this one from a stabbing, this one from a gunshot, this one from a beating by…
Read MoreHow the Homeless Community of Boulder is Driving Change
Sometimes advocacy has results, and boy, is it gratifying when it does. But to keep it coming, the leaders that have been able to change should be recognized. There were a number of articles on Change.org last year about Boulder’s camping ticket law, and how silly it is to arrest people when they have no…
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