http://kplu.org en http://kplu.org/post/seattle-wrestles-how-house-homeless-families-kids <p>Seattle recently spent a <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/council/licata/homelessness/2012budget.htm">big chunk of money </a>to improve services for homeless families with children, but city officials are at odds over whether it was spent solving the right problems. They grappled with it at a public meeting Wednesday, where homeless mothers told members of the city council that many were <a href="http://www.homelessinfo.org/downloads/2011_ONC%20Street%20Count.pdf">without a place to sleep </a>that night.</p> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:08:12 +0000 Gabriel Spitzer 5729 at http://kplu.org Seattle wrestles with how to house homeless families with kids http://kplu.org/post/bit-security-homeless-youth-and-their-documents <p>A Seattle non-profit is trying to help homeless youth back up their important documents. Why does that matter? Well, try getting a job, government benefits or any number of other things necessary to get your life back on track, without proper paperwork. It&rsquo;s an especially difficult challenge for homeless kids, who have no safety deposit box, no locked file cabinet, maybe not even a safe drawer somewhere.</p><p>Steve Albertson of Springwire, a non-profit that began by providing free voicemail service to homeless people, says often the young people just have a bag with everything in it, including their ID, work permits and phone numbers.</p><p> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Gabriel Spitzer 5650 at http://kplu.org A bit of security for homeless youth, and their documents