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Waikiki curbside campers must go
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 1 day ago
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Curbside campers along Kalakaua Avenue will not be allowed to spend the night anymore in the city's latest effort to keep Kapiolani Park clear for recreational use. The ocean side of Kapiolani Park will be closed from 2 to 5 a.m. nightly under new rules...
Tags: Kapiolani Park, Waikiki Neighborhood Board, social services, neighborhood boards, Mayor Mufi Hannemann, curbside campers, city crews, John Finley, city department, Honolulu, Waikiki, Camping, Mufi Hannemann, Homelessness
Gov't asked to broaden assistance for victims of trafficking
Jerusalem :: Israel | 2 days ago
Credibility MK Orit Zuaretz, who chairs the Knesset Subcommittee on Trafficking in Women, called on the government Wednesday to widen the assistance and support currently afforded to all victims of forced labor and human trafficking, especially women trying to escape...
Tags: human trafficked, Israeli, Orit Zuaretz, social services, services ministry, run shelter, sex industry, forced labor, Israel, Jerusalem
HEALTH-ZIMBABWE: Lots of Drugs, No Takers
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 2 days ago
Credibility Martha* knows that her two young sisters and her need medicine...But she cannot get the life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs)...She can only access the drugs in the company of an adult. "When my mother died in 2007, my aunt used to collect the...
Tags: Zimbabwean, Zimbabwe National, accessing treatment, Martha, Agnes Mahomva, social services, Zimbabwe, Harare, Health Medical Pharma, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, HIV/AIDS, Virology, Antiretroviral drug, Social Issues, AIDS, Immunodeficiency, HIV
Advisers aim to fix Ontario's welfare 'quagmire'
Toronto :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Ontario has appointed the head of Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank to head a panel of anti-poverty advocates to advise the government on a long-awaited review of its welfare system, the Star has learned. "If this group can't make the proper recommendations,...
Tags: social assistance, disability support, social services, advisory panel, Canada, Toronto, Poverty, Social Issues, Welfare
Report: Child-safety agency fostering fear
London :: United Kingdom | 10 days ago
Credibility A British agency charged with reviewing social service departments may be harming families by being overly bureaucratic, authorities said. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills spends too much time protecting itself and...
Tags: social services, United Kingdom, London, Max Weber, Political science, Woodrow Wilson, United Press International, Bureaucracy, Government, Marxist theory, Social Issues
Jobless rates soar for immigrants
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility They come to refugee resettling agencies hoping to find any kind of lead. They listen closely to this country's interviewing tips—smile, maintain eye contact, give a firm handshake...But the harsh reality is that at a time when the unemployment rate is...
Tags: Cuba, Hollywood Youth Co-Op, Sandra Bernard, months ago, Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach, Haiti, social services, Los Angeles, Population, Refugee, West Palm Beach Florida, South Florida metropolitan area, Labor, Forced migration, Right of asylum, Demography, Social Issues
Economy Series: Department of Human Services sees more clients
Oregon :: OR :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Joyce Pusch, an eligibility worker for the Department of Human Services, sits in her Roseburg office recently. Numerous files occupy her desk, which has three more boxes of files underneath it. The files represent Douglas County families needing social...
Tags: Joyce Pusch, Jenny Boyle, eligibility worker, DHS, families applying, staff members, social services, seeking helping, Oregon, Next, Labor, Federal assistance in the United States, Food Stamp Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
California's caregiver wage cut 'cruel,' says disabled ex-teacher
Sacramento :: KY :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility The 74-year-old has been struggling to recover ever since, using a wheelchair that she scoots with her feet and holding onto walls and her caregiver to gingerly walk. Now the former teacher has problems she fears will threaten her survival. Because...
Tags: Sylvia Zedlar, Disabled Rights California, caregivers wages, Marilyn Holle, social services, Shirley Koukoulis, Sacramento, Family, Hospice, Home care, Caregiver, Elderly care, Geriatrics, Healthcare, Nursing, Social Issues
State not paying bills: Social services in doubt
Sandwich :: MA :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Every day, Cindy Worsley looks through her mail, hunting for a check from the state of Illinois...Worsley is the executive director of Fox Valley Older Adult Services. The not-for-profit company, based in Sandwich, has been providing help and care to...
Tags: Carol Knowles, social services, Cindy Worsley, University of Illinois, Linda Healy, executive director, Dan Hynes, elderday center, Mutual Ground, Batavia, Sandwich, Illinois, Chris Lauzen, Business Finance
Governor, state legislators face widening deficit — again
Kalama :: WA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Options debated as budget's red ink swells Saturday, November 14 4:49 p.m. Washington state government dodged a bullet two weeks ago with voters' rejection of Initiative 1033, a revenue cap that would have slashed future state revenue by an estimated...
Tags: special session, Sen. Lisa Brown, House Finance Committee, House Education Appropriations Committee, Chris Gregoire, Legislature, budgeting cut, Marty Brown, Washington Supreme Court, social services, Kalama, Politics, Christine Gregoire, Kansas state budget, NASA Budget, Social Issues
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