By Malcolm Glover Homelessness among children is on the rise and Arkansas has the third highest rate of child homelessness in the country. To confront the problem of homeless youth, which has increased by 38 percent nationwide since 2007, the Our House shelter in Little Rock is preparing to build a $3.8 million facility to […]
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Sterphen B. Thorton Our House shelter staff member Jessica Key hangs resident children’s artwork inside their cramped 7000 square foot, former ambulance garage on their campus on E. Roosevelt Road in Little Rock Thursday morning. Our House hopes by April to raise the last $1.14 million needed to build a new 18, 500-square-foot
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a report Monday that suggests Arkansas’ homelessness problem is growing. Nationwide, HUD’s report shows the sluggish economy has somewhat countered a vigorous effort to house the homeless, who now number 633,782, compared with the 636,000 a year ago. The latest count
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Source: Steve Schaeffer, Arkansas Construction Education Foundation Like well-matched couples, program partners sometimes just seem to come together. Such is the case with a new construction job training program scheduled to launch in January that joins homeless shelter Our House of Little Rock and contractor Snyder Environmental to meet complementary needs. Our House is offering
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By Jennifer Pyron in her day job as a principal with DD&F Consulting Group, Debi Barnes helps banking clients implement strategic marketing plans and handle sensitive communications issues, which is no easy task. Her volunteer role with Our House, however, requires even more finesse and energy. Debi and the rest of the board of
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Our House in Little Rock, Arkansas, is the only shelter in the state specifically geared toward serving working homeless families. NBC News’ Ann Curry talks to Our House Executive Director Georgia Mjartan about the growing number of families seeking her shelter’s help. NBC News Rock Center Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news
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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Rock Center NBC News No Place Like Home: Working families increasingly homeless The face of homelessness in America is changing. Experts say that in the wake of the Great Recession a growing number of working families are becoming homeless, meaning more than 1
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Children’s center on LR facility’s wish list for 2014 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Aprille Hanson Photo by Karen E. Segrave This article was published November 24, 2012 at 3:57 a.m. LITTLE ROCK — Ask 8-year-old Zadie Farrell what she enjoys about the youth program at the Our House shelter and she’ll rattle off a list. Her favorites include
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In this Issue: Volunteer Profile: Jay Hedges First Impressions: Our House’s new Director of Children’s Programs gets to know the kids. From the Executive Director: small improvements have special significance to Shelter residents. Songbird Project View past newsletters here.
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KARK Channel 4 News There are several places open across Arkansas that are waiting to help homeless women and children, but more and more single dads are finding themselves homeless and with virtually no where to turn for help. But one Little Rock shelter is doing what it can to be the solution to an
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