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Speak Up Week at Our House Highlighted by International Nonprofit

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This article was originally posted on the UK-based nonprofit Keystone Accountability’s blog on January 16, 2017. Click here to read Keystone Accountability’s Article By Lynn Morris Our House in Little Rock, Arkansas provides housing, children’s programs, career and homelessness-prevention services. And a master class in how to get your staff and your clients enthused about […]

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Arkansas barbershop, Our House providing free hair cuts to homeless children

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Click here to view THV 11’s video LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – Homeless children in Little Rock will get a fresh start to the New Year with a free haircut. The event is a partnership between Fly Societe Barbering and Our House. On Wednesday, December 28, children can get free haircuts at The Fly Societe

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Georgia Mjartan named as one of Southern Living’s Southerners of the Year

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Click here to read Southern Living’s article Little Rock, AR When Georgia Mjartan was asked to take over Our House, Little Rock’s primary homeless shelter, in 2005, she walked into a flood-damaged building that was even more under water financially. Now, Mjartan had breathed new life into the organization, which serves 1,000 people a year

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New bus shelter at Little Rock’s Our House now memorial to altruistic teen

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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat Gazette’s article By Brandon Mulder This article was published December 11, 2016 at 3:29 a.m. Leland Wilson pulled out his phone to show one remaining example of his late son’s effervescent personality. A video showed a wiry blond teenager standing in a living room as a beat began

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Homeless kids fly under radar; number enrolled in Arkansas schools doubles in 10 years

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Click here to view the Arkansas Democrat Gazette Article Arkansas Democrat Gazette By Brandon Mulder On Wednesday afternoon, Little Rock Central High School sophomore Kleontae Green had to make the 45-minute trek from school to the homeless shelter on Roosevelt Road where he lives with his mother. School let out at 3:45, and he had

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A Better Life for the Whole Family: The Two-Generation Approach

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Click here to view the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness’ article Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness UNCENSORED Vol. 7.2 Summer 2016 By Mari Rich My personal obsession right now is how disconnected we are from what we really need to be talking about with poverty. We talk about work or training for parents,

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