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Legacy of Long Island homeless in #bospoli

September 11, 2017 By Charley on the MTA

I don't live in Boston, though obviously like everyone else in the area I'm affected by decisions made by the mayor and city council. I won't be taking a side in the mayoral race; but the preliminary election is nigh upon us, September … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: #bosmayor, bospoli, boston, hiv/aids, homeless, homelessness, marty-walsh, Tito Jackson

Gov’s budget would cut homeless, mental health and employment programs

January 26, 2011 By kgilnack

Please take a moment to review the areas of the budget that impact your clients/consumers and advise us as to any other line items in jeopardy that we should be monitoring by emailing Bill Yelenak.This is the first of several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, beacon-hill, blind, budget, children-and-families, deaf, deval-patrick, disability, domestic--violence, education, elders, homelessness, human-service-providers, human-services, innovation, intellectual-disabilities, jobs, legislation, massachusetts, mental-retardation, nonprofit, politics, poverty, providers-council, social-enterprise, workforce

Building a stronger human service system in Massachusetts

January 25, 2011 By kgilnack

2011-2012 Human Services Legislative AgendaPrior to the 2011-12 legislative session, the Providers' Council surveyed its statewide membership of human services providers about the challenges and opportunities that can be addressed to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, beacon-hill, blind, budget, children-and-families, deaf, deval-patrick, disability, domestic--violence, education, elders, homelessness, human-service-providers, human-services, innovation, intellectual-disabilities, jobs, legislation, massachusetts, mental-retardation, nonprofit, politics, poverty, providers-council, social-enterprise, workforce

30 Million long term unemployed

February 23, 2010 By AmberPaw

30 Million long term unemployed many of whom have never been unemployed before, and have worked 20 or 30 years. Can our weakened, privatized "safety net" absorb 30 million starving homeless people? If those natural and corporate persons … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: homelessness, job-growth, middle-class, out-sourcing, safety-net, unemployment

Why we are losing population – and what we can do about it!

October 31, 2009 By AmberPaw

On October 27, 2009 Prof. Barry Bluestone  gave a pre-release presentation of the Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2009 As part of that presentation, Prof. Bluestone stated that the United States is in the midst of a third - but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barry-bluestone, boston, homelessness, housing, owners, renters, third-civil-war

Homeless teens have no where to go

October 22, 2009 By AmberPaw

Sound like YOUR teen high school years?  How about Pagliuca's High School yrs - or Deval Patrick's? This kid's goal is to keep his grades up, and pass the MCAS, but he says: It was hard keeping my grades up when I didn't know where I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: department-of-children-and-families, homelessness, teens

2009 Deacon Frank Mandosa Community Sevice Award to Liz Jaramillo of the Friends of Gateway

October 15, 2009 By AmberPaw

More good news!  The hard work, all unpaid, by Liz Jaramillo as the work horse of the Ad Hoc Friends of Gateway will be recognized with the 2009 Deacon Frank Mandosa Community Sevice Awardm at the annual meeting of the Arlington … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barry-bluestone, deacon-frank-mandosa-community-sevice-award, friends-of-gateway, homelessness, housing-corporation-of-arlington, liz-jaramillo

Common sense and a real plan to reduce homelessness from Lt. Gov. Murray

July 26, 2009 By AmberPaw

Today's Boston Globe has a column written by Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray about the progress made in ending homelessness by emphacizing housing over shelters.  Tim Murray's column  A new approach is being managed by a new division … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: homelessness, lt.-governor, shelter-motels, shelters, timothy-p.-murray

One in fifty children homeless in USA per report

March 10, 2009 By AmberPaw

Here is the link: http://www.time.com/time/natio... Imagine if even 1/3 of the money poured down a black hole to bailout financial institutions - who then used so much money overseas, to buy other institutions, to pay bonuses...had been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bailout, children, homelessness, housing-crisis

Why not just shoot fish in a barrel, or tied up animals? This is shameful.

February 17, 2009 By AmberPaw

The only words I have for this is "more mean-spirited cuts, more balancing the budget on the backs of the powerless who are already crawling". Here is a quote that really says it all: By reducing those eligible for shelter, Kehoe said the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, budget-cuts, homelessness, meanness, poverty

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#MassPolicyReport #NationalStoryDuJour: Scumbag Scumbag Democrat Soros-Backed DA Works To Keep Gang Members Accused Of Killing Toddler Out Of Jail https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2023/03/31/scumbag-scumbag-democrat-soros-backed-da-works-to-keep-gang-members-accused-of-killing-toddler-out-of-jail/ #Massachusetts #MApoli #bospoli

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What a joke. The voters authorize a tax on millionaires and our new Democratic Governor's first priority is to cut taxes for the wealthy. #mapoli

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I can't get over the dishonesty of assuming that outmigration *has* to be due to the estate tax or the capital gains tax, rather than the high cost of living, based on just the raw number of people leaving. The audacity of it. #mapoli https://commonwealthmagazine.org/uncategorized/new-census-numbers-underscore-competitiveness-issues/

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