Bloom Archives
homelessness
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Housing First Approach Increases Number of Shelter Residents in Permanent Homes
In 2015, Martha’s House, the region’s only nonreligious emergency shelter for adults, was facing financial problems serious enough to threaten its survival. In January…
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New Hope Early Childhood Center Helping Families Without a Home
BY CARMEN SIERING New Hope for Families opened in July 2011, offering shelter and resources to families facing homelessness. Executive Director Elaine Guinn vividly…
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Cover Story: How the Homeless See Bloomington (Photo Gallery and Videos)
BY CARMEN SIERING Even in the richest country in the world, homelessness can happen to anyone. The causes are many — illness, addiction, job loss,…
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Police Outreach to Homeless Persons Is Showing Results
BY KELLY KENDALL Arrest, release, arrest, release, arrest, release. That’s the pattern that the Bloomington Police Department (BPD) had fallen into when responding to…