Posts Tagged ‘street sights’
Homeless in RI: 2,000 homeless children – RFPs – May issue of Street Sights, by and for homeless
RI Kids Count on homeless children in Rhode Island Nearly 2,000 children in Rhode Island’s public schools were identified as homeless in the 2023-24 school year, a sharp increase of 35 percent from two years earlier, according to the latest Kids’ Count Factbook, which was released on May 5th. Kids’ Count defines homelessness as children…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: More agencies, more staff, more money – more homeless. Overnight shelter chaos.
By Sara Santacruz, Brown University ‘25 Publisher’s Note: This article was submitted by Street Sights – and Sara Santacruz, a Brown student helping to gather emergency information during this cold winter. Notably, RINewsToday spent two weekends calling each homeless program, city and town police departments, fire departments, and EMS contacts, to gather information, create a…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Memorial Hospital plans on hold, Fall River clean-up, Street Sights newsletter
Memorial Hospital plan to become emergency homeless shelter hits snag After RINewsToday reported on Open Doors’ plan to move their clients from the Motel 6 in Warwick to Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, we learned that Pawtucket is now going through a building opposition to using the hospital campus building for this purpose. After rumblings became…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Warmth with Dignity, Street Sights February issue – Opening of pallet village
Publishing Street Sights, RI’s only monthly magazine by and for the homeless, with gratitude to Janice Luongo: You can read the issue, page by page, HERE – or download the page at the link at the bottom of the article. ___ ECHO VILLAGE opened – complete with a marching band This week, on Tuesday, February…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Rico froze to death on North Main St. in Providence – Janice Luongo, Street Sights
by Janice Luongo, Editor, Street Sights One day I was driving down Smith Street in Providence, and I saw a man sitting in an alcove with no coat on. I pulled over and got a coat from my car (I keep several there, in cold weather) and walked up to give it to him. I asked how I…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Publishing “Street Sights”, RI’s only homeless magazine and resource guide
In conjunction with the volunteers at Street Sights, it is our pleasure to help them reach more people by publishing their newsletter in RINewsToday. Here is Issue #147, December, 2024. We note that Street Sights needs to raise funds to continue on – read about that on page two. On page three, there is an…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: 40 days to winter, empty Pallet Shelters, “no” encampments, StreetSights
40 days until the 1st day of winter: December 21, 2024 An update on the programs, services, and status of homelessness in and around Rhode Island and elsewhere – including our monthly article from StreetSights, the publication by and for those experiencing homelessness: Affordable Housing… For Whom? by Antonietta Kies, Street Sights – special to…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Street Sights (by and for homeless), Woonsocket plan, W. Warwick…
Activities of Daily Life, Mental Health, and Homelessness – Street Sights – by Antonietta Kies, and Janice Luongo, Street Sights – special to RINewsToday Preparing food. Getting around. Dressing. Maintaining good hygiene. We all need to perform these everyday activities, and more, in order to survive and be safe. Most of us perform these activities…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Mental health, a choice of words – Antonietta Kies, Janice Luongo, Street Sights
Written for, about, and by people who are unhoused or have been unhoused. by Antonietta Kies, and Janice Luongo, Street Sights – special to RINewsToday Rhode Island, Mental Health, and a Choice of Words In 2021, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) consolidated a fact sheet of statistics on the state of mental health…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Street Sights and RINewsToday. Unhoused voices – Let’s talk mental health
by Antonietta Kies, contributing writer Written for, about, and by people who are unhoused or have been unhoused. We begin our series, Street Sights, literally from the streets, in the voice and on behalf of, people experiencing homelessness in Rhode Island. We thank Janice Luongo, founder and editor of Street Sights, and longtime advocate for…
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