Support Efforts to Improve Services for Homeless People

Evie Craig, Exective Director with reStart in Kansas City, needs volunteers for the annual homeless persons count. Can you help? If you want to support efforts by reStart and other organizations to improve and increase services for people who are homeless, then sign up to participate in the annual point-in-time count held January 28-29, 2015. Training will be provided on January 20, 21 and 25. (Read a report on last year's count of homeless people.)

Despite encouraging news about an improving U.S. economy, which may reduce homelessness, wages for low-income and unskilled workers have not improved. Low wages still creates the conditions for homelessness in Kansas City, which is why there is a need for housing and services for people who are homeless. And it's a good thing that organizations like Catholic Charities have put resources together to help homeless people, like the 2014 opening of St. Michael's Veteran Center near the VA hospital on Cleaver II Blvd in Kansas City, Missouri.

More news about homelessness
The Homelessness Marathon is partnering with the National Coalition for the Homeless to host the 17th live national radio broadcast on homelessness this February 17, 2015. The Homelessness Marathon needs your financial support to make it big this year. Support their Indiegogo project by making a donation now through January 23, 2015 --  I made a donation for this worthy project.

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