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on No Place to Call Home: Rural Homelessness
One of the stigma's in Eastern Oregon is that homeless people are not "hard working" and are undeserving. This is one area where education is so important to let people know who our homeless population is and that they work very hard to receive the very basic services that are available.
Collecting cans along the roads is hard work, especially considering how many cans have to be collected in order to make enough money to provide for your basic needs.
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on No Place to Call Home: Rural Homelessness
There are a few people who choose this lifestyle, but in Eastern Oregon there are more people who have one or two crisises that completely devistate them and cause them to lose everything. This is a cycle that is difficult to break out of... where do you go when the bottom of the barrel is bare and there is nothing to draw from?
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on No Place to Call Home: Rural Homelessness
Greyhound "therapy" is like passing a hot potato around the state. We need to hold the potato and address it locally instead of passing it off for someone else to "handle". This is where the 10 Year Plans to End Homelessness is important for each county and each community to address this issue.
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