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Preventing Homelessness: Success Stories

June 22, 2005

Paul S. Grogan president and CEO, The Boston Foundation

Martha Burt The Urban Institute, DC

Donna Haig Friedman director, Center for Social Policy, UMass

John Wagner commissioner, MA Transitional Assistance

Brian A. Joyce senator, D-MA, MA Committee on Housing

Allison Rice Housing Assistance Corp of Cape Cod, MA

A panel discusses how Massachusetts is attempting to move from managing the problem of homelessness, to identifying ways of eliminating it altogether. Recent successes by state government in eliminating the use of motels for emergency shelter signals that this is a good time to strengthen and expand successful efforts to maintain housing stability for both individuals and families, in order to prevent homelessness in the first place.

Series:

FRONTLINE: Country Boys Series

Topics: Culture & Identity | Politics & Public Affairs

Tags: Activism | Human Rights | Social Services | Law & Criminal Justice

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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I

CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol

Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century

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Atlanta Neighborhood Summit

Angela Glover Blackwell

Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink, addresses the Atlanta Neighborhood Summit. The Neighborhood Summit is a new, day-long event aimed at bringing together neighbors from across the region to discuss issues of mutual interest.

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part II

CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol

The Moral Side of Murder / The Case for Cannibalism

Lecture One: "The Moral Side of Murder"

What’s a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve?

Lecture Fifteen: "What's a Fair Start?"

Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival

Author: Tony Proscio, Paul Grogan

Publisher: Basic Books (2001)

Binding: Paperback, 320 pages

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