Comments by Delia - Las Vegas Sun

Comments by user: Delia

Posted on: First things first: For homeless, a home

Hopefully this program will help them do just that. It is designed to assist them with learning and in some cases relearning the skills they need to apply for a job and better their social skills. In a perfect world, there would be no one who becomes homeless for any reason. Not in this one. It is God's grace that pushes those who help others to become self-sufficient again. Jesus didn't hang out with the ruling elite, he walked among those striken with disease and sin to help them...come on board, you'll like yourself btter.

(Suggest removal) 4/25/08 at 8:12 a.m.

Posted on: First things first: For homeless, a home

The program does have conditions, the program governs the residency of the participants. It is new and a work in progress.

The goal of the program is to transition “chronically homeless/disabled individuals”, as defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development* (HUD), into society by providing housing, case management, life skills and support to do so. HUD adopted the Federal definition, which defines a chronically homeless person as
*“either (1) an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition who has been continuously homeless for a year or more, OR (2) an unaccompanied individual with a disabling condition who has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years.” (Cited: HUD’s Homeless Assistance Programs Defining Chronic
Homelessness: A Technical Guide for HUD Programs, September 2007 p.3.)

A “disabling condition” is defined as
*“’a diagnosable substance abuse disorder, a serious mental illness, developmental disability, or chronic physical illness or disability, including the co-occurrence of two or more of these conditions’. In addition, ‘a disabling condition limits an individual’s ability to work or perform one or more activities of daily living.’” Cited: (HUD’s Homeless Assistance Programs Defining Chronic Homelessness: A Technical Guide for HUD Programs, September 2007 p.4.)
Delia ;-)

(Suggest removal) 4/23/08 at 8:33 a.m.