Links: Advocacy
For people who are homeless
National Advocacy Groups
Getting involved
People With Disabilities
- American Network
of Community Options and Resources "Providers offering supports to
people with disabilities."
- Center for Health
Care Strategies (CHCS) A nonprofit, policy resource center that promotes
high quality health care services for low-income populations and people with
chronic illnesses and disabilities.
- Technical Assistance Collaborative
Working for positive outcomes on behalf of people with disabilities or other
special needs by providing technical expertise to organizations and policymakers
in the areas of mental health, substance abuse, human services, and affordable
housing.
- Consortium for Citizens With
Disabilities
People
With Disabilities Priced Out of Housing "[nationwide] people with
disabilities are paying an average of 109 percent of their monthly Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) income to rent a modest one-bedroom apartment"
Report includes policy recommendations and state level analyses.
- Virginia Department
for the Blind and Vision Impaired enabling blind or visually impaired
individuals to achieve their maximum level of employment, education, and personal
independence.
- Virginia
Board for People with Disabilities empowering Virginians with disabilities
to achieve their personal goals, to be self-reliant, and to participate fully
in their communities by strengthening community involvement, building advocacy
capacity, enhancing service delivery, and informing public policy.
Educational Resources
- Understanding Poverty and Homelessness
At Roosevelt Middle School in Eugene, Oregon, we teach a class called "Through
the Camera's Eye: American History through the Movies," a six-week unit
that provides our mainly middle to upper class students with a series of
experiences and assignments focused on recognizing the realities of poverty,
empathizing with those who experience it, and taking action to address this
critical socal issue.
Families & Youth
- Center
for Law and Social Policy
- The
Child Support Program: An Investment That Works, July 2005
- Children's Defense
Fund
- Child Welfare
Library Extensive resources on adoption, foster care, the rights of children
- Congress
Examines Problem of Incarcerating Juveniles with Mental Illness, Committee
on Goverment Reform
- Homes
for the Homeless/Institute for Children and Poverty "is dedicated
to reducing homelessness and poverty by providing families with the education
and training that will enable them to build independent lives. "
- Horizons
for Homeless Children
- National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) seeks
to identify and promote strategies that prevent young child poverty in
the United States and that improve the life chances of the millions of children
under age six who are growing up poor.
- National
Center for Homeless Education at SERVE information and links to help educators,
service providers, and families to ensure that homeless children and youth
have access to educational opportunities
- National
Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information A national resource
for professionals and others seeking information on child abuse and neglect
and child welfare.
- National Association
for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
- National
Center on Family Homelessness
- The National Network for Youth A community of visionary
and empowered advocates of all ages who come here to learn, to share, to dream,
and to strengthen youth and adult partnerships.
- National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence
- National
Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) "to improve the quality, effectiveness,
provision, and availability of therapeutic services delivered to all children
and adolescents experiencing traumatic events"
Hunger
Housing
Mental Health
Substance Abuse
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