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09 September 2015

Surprising Fact: Most homeless suffered Traumatic Brain Injury as children

Written by Angela Bymaster
Angela Bymaster
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Most people have been aware that there is a high incidence of mental illness and substance use disorders among the homeless.  Many people also know that homeless people tend to suffer from a lot of chronic diseases.  Some know that the average life expectancy for the homeless in America is about 45 years old. ...
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04 July 2015

Foster Care: An Important Piece of the Homelessness Puzzle

Written by Angela Bymaster
Angela Bymaster
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When you think about foster care, what comes to mind?  Warm, loving families playing Monopoly by the hearth?  Creepy halfhearted inept caregivers who are in it for the money and are probably abusing the kids, who don’t buy them school supplies so they have to get them from Sleep Train donations? I have seen...
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02 July 2015

A letter from The Ambassador of The Jungle

Written by Jim Kenny
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My name is Jim Kenny known in The Jungle as The Ambassador (The Jungle, formerly the country’s largest homeless encampment, was cleared by city officials in December 2014).  I spent in excess of 4 years down there! I was one of thousands in the financial market in Boston and New York that lost their...
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12 June 2015

New Study: Cost of homelessness — Data and Caveats

Written by Angela Bymaster
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There has been a significant buzz about the new cost of homelessness study released last month by Destination:Home.  It is described on their website as “The largest and most comprehensive body of information that has been assembled in the United States to analyze the public costs of homelessness.” I am really glad that someone...
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12 May 2015

San Jose suggests outlawing discrimination against homeless tenants

Written by Brett Bymaster
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San Jose’s District 3 councilman, Raul Peralez has authored a proposal to prevent section 8 renters discrimination.  The City of San Jose has provided a number of housing vouchers to homeless individuals that used to live in the “Jungle”, a huge homeless encampment on Story Road.  Even though the vouchers are enough to cover...
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01 May 2015

Infographic: Homeless in San Jose

Written by Angela Bymaster
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29 April 2015

Why are people homeless? One Reason: Learning Disabilities

Written by Angela Bymaster
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Every time I think I have homeless people figured out, I meet another homeless person who is the perfect counterexample for my latest theory. That is to say, the homeless are a complex and diverse people.  So why are people homeless? There are some factors, however, which are more common, at least among our...
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14 April 2015

AB109: Why isn’t the Santa Clara County homeless population decreasing?

Written by Libby Echeverria
Libby Echeverria
The Public Safety Realignment Act (AB109) was signed into law in 2011.  The bill made it possible for people who would have served longer terms in prison to be either transferred to County jails or be released early. AB109 additionally impacts our homeless friends because it has significantly impacted access to services.  The hundreds...
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14 April 2015

Why isn’t the Santa Clara County homeless population decreasing? Part 1

Written by Libby Echeverria
Libby Echeverria
The Santa Clara County homeless population has not decreased, even though Santa Clara County has permanently housed about 850 chronically homeless people in the last 3-5 years.  This is excellent progress (if slow) – so why do the homeless census numbers look the same?  We are still showing approximately 7500 homeless citizens in Santa...
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07 April 2015

The wealthier the city, the fewer the homeless shelter beds

Written by Angela Bymaster
Angela Bymaster
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Data from the biggest cities in the United States suggest that cities with higher median household income report fewer homeless shelter beds.  The San Jose/Santa Clara County area bottoms the chart with the highest median income and the fewest number of shelter beds per homeless person. One might conjecture that wealthier towns have more...
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Recent Posts

  • Surprising Fact: Most homeless suffered Traumatic Brain Injury as children
  • Foster Care: An Important Piece of the Homelessness Puzzle
  • A letter from The Ambassador of The Jungle
  • New Study: Cost of homelessness — Data and Caveats
  • San Jose suggests outlawing discrimination against homeless tenants
  • Infographic: Homeless in San Jose
  • Why are people homeless? One Reason: Learning Disabilities
  • AB109: Why isn’t the Santa Clara County homeless population decreasing?
  • Why isn’t the Santa Clara County homeless population decreasing? Part 1
  • The wealthier the city, the fewer the homeless shelter beds

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