New push to house the homeless seeks volunteers
Courtesy Community Solutions website.
Kansas City is now part of a national effort against homelessness and volunteers are needed to start the work.
Community Solutions, a New York based nonprofit, recently selected Kansas City as one of 68 ...
New shelter opens for homeless veterans
An organization serving homeless veterans will dedicate a new shelter at 35th and Michigan tomorrow.
The new shelter, called the Heroes Home Gate House is a program of Footprints, Inc and the Homeless Veterans Initiative of the US Veterans Administration.
Footprints ...
Homeless feeding law dies on tie vote
An ordinance for regulation on feeding the hard core homeless died Thursday on a tie vote in the city council.
The six-six vote followed long debate and another six-six vote on returning the ordinance to committee for more discussion.
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Fight over homeless feeding erupts again
The city council votes today on a controversial ordinance to regulate feeding of the hard core homeless.
The vote follows a special committee session Wednesday in which about two dozen people spoke against it.
That happened after the committee ...
Homeless vets “Stand Down” for a day
On the 70th anniversary of D-day, hundreds of homeless vets lined up in Midtown this morning to get help.
Some had been in line since last night at the Scottish Rite temple, 1330 Linwood Blvd.
Volunteers from the Heart of American Stand Down ...
Homeless feeding issue delayed
After a protest on Wednesday, the city council yesterday delayed a vote on a controversial homeless issue.
The city council on Thursday delayed voting on a controversial proposal to further regulate feeding of the hard core homeless.
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Serving food at homeless camps feeds controversy
About 25 protestors marched on City Hall Wednesday against proposed regulations on feeding of the hardcore homeless.
A city council committee advanced the ordinance last week that is now pending before the full council.
Protestors say it would ...
Westport homeless program to remember director
Photo courtesy Neighbor2Neighbor website.
Midtown homeless services program, Neighbor2Neighbor, is planning a remembrance of its executive director.
Doug McNally died on Monday, December 16, following a brief illness.
The Board of Directors ...
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