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When Business and Homelessness Collide

I was sitting in a downtown business association office, at a polished wooden corporate table, surrounded by plush leather chairs and a daunting row of black and white mug shots of past CEOs presiding over our proceedings. At the table sat local business leaders, neighborhood stakeholders, law enforcement reps, and the Deputy City Attorney. Despite [...]

How Charities Are Increasing Efficiency During a Receding Economy

They keep knocking on our front doors – people who just lost jobs due to company layoffs, men and women who have been sleeping on the harsh streets for years, hurting people with HIV/AIDS enduring a terminal disease and homelessness at the same time, and sadly, families recently displaced from their homes, resorting to life [...]