The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. This week: The story of a homeless shelter resident who became a volunteer. Plus, how cuts to preschool funding hurt low-income, single working mothers.
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Here’s this week’s news:
· The Clarion-Ledger reports that several contestants vying for the title of Miss Mississippi chose homelessness advocacy as part of their platform, including Julie Amelia Falgout, who was homeless herself after Hurricane Katrina ravaged her home in 2005.
· The children and women who are residents of a Fort Worth homeless shelter conducted a fundraiser last week to raise food and donations for stray pets, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
·In a Chicago Tribune article, Stephanie Hooker recalls a hard life on the streets before she was admitted into Deborah’s Place, where she now volunteers as an organizer with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless to help others find housing.
· The St. Louis Post-Dispatch covers the latest set of budget proposals that will cause many districts to cut preschool funding for all but special-needs children, a move that will surely hurt low-income, single working mothers.
· Shelter Health Services, a free clinic that serves homeless women and children, is struggling to find volunteer doctors, as told by Mark Price of the Charlotte Observer.
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