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Craig Lyons, Council for the Homeless executive director, participates in the annual Point-in-Time count by hunting for homeless people at the Vancouver rail yard in 2009. Lyons tenure has seen a decrease in local homelessness.
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Increasing costs and reduced wages recently pushed Gerry and Cammi Carpinetti into homelessness in Vancouver.
Tina Harding, a single mother, never thought she'd end up homeless. But with gas prices as they are, she can't drive. Plus, food stamps don't extend as far as they once did.
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In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of past funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the FY2010 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Homeless Assistance Grants program. This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by HUD in 2010. A Federal Register notice on this action was not published at the time; however, the public was advised of these grant selections since they were posted on HUD's Web site. The posting contained a listing of the selected applicants, including descriptions of the projects.
... while working to reduce overall homelessness and end chronic homelessness. Competitive Homeless...Housing Authority of the City of Vancouver WA 137,664. Housing Authority o...
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The director of Clark County's largest homelessness service and the woman who greets callers at the Vancouver Housing Authority's office are among seven local residents tapped for awards by a homeless advocacy group.
The Vancouver-based Council for the Homeless, which aims to end homelessness in the county, will hand out the annual awards at a luncheon Sept. 21.
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... knowledge about the extent of homelessness among immigrants and refugees in Greater Vancouver...
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..., and refugee claimants in the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD). We highlight the importa...
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The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) Vancouver-site committee is comprised of representatives from national/provincial/local health and enforcement agencies. It collects, collates and interprets recent local data relating to major drug use to produce regular reports exploring Vancouver data with provincial and national comparisons. Meetings of committee members allow identification of current concerns, inform the data and broaden the context for the members. The seventh Vancouver site report since 1996 was published in July 2007. Data trends are explored with input from committee members; changes in data collection and definitions are clarified. The committee strives to share the knowledge with health authorities, policy makers, agencies and the public.
... the issues of poverty, housing and homelessness in the DTES. A media release was prepared in conju...
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The Sea to Sky Highway is the main artery that leads to the most picturesque views during the 2010 Olympics, but perhaps the name should be thrown in reverse. Let's start at the top and work our way down for a better understanding of the Winter Games here.
For more than a week, my biggest challenge has not been trying to cover events that are outside my domain or reaching them through heavy traffic or long bus rides or covering a major event that has added 10,000 media and some 800,000 spectators to this city of 2.2 million.
...Poverty and homelessness have been problems in the city for generations. A ...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The hosts of the Winter Olympics need a few things to make the event memorable, to ensure the Games are worthy of their status as a world-class spectacle. Vancouver, which opens the 2010 edition Feb. 11, is well on its way:
*Excitement. Folks from Vancouver, and the visitors already arriving, are chattering at every chance. From banners at the intersections to the clamor for red Team Canada mittens, it's obvious the Games are coming.
...'t be trumpeting in their pamphlets: homelessness and drug use. Vancouver has a homeless and panhand...
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S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Thursday asks Roy Johnson, executive director of the Vancouver Housing Authority, about problems faced by homeless veterans.
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... in Vancouver that addressed veterans homelessness and unemployment issues. ---. Randall Smith spent ...