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  2. List of homeless relocation programs in the United States

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    For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...

  3. Transitional housing - Wikipedia

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    The cost of transitional housing is the same or less expensive than emergency shelters. But, due to the on site services, transitional tends to be more expensive than permanent supportive housing. [1] In the USA, federal funding for transitional housing programs was originally allocated in the McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1986. [2]

  4. Mother Grace Tucker - Wikipedia

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    She purchased a building in 1981 at 739 N. Main street in Tulsa, Oklahoma which would double as a church building and shelter for Tulsa's most needy citizens. She dubbed it the "Rescue Home". [ 5 ] After receiving a $40,000 donation in 1986, she was able to purchase a former country club on Tulsa 's west side that was to become a multipurpose ...

  5. Homeless shelter - Wikipedia

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    Homeless shelters need to provide a variety of services to diverse residents. Homeless shelters, like La Posada Providencia in San Benito, Texas, may also house asylum seekers, mainly from Mexico, Central America and South America. [84] Shelters also provide outreach to residents who are unable to use a shelter or who choose not to use a ...

  6. Homelessness in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This remains the only piece of federal legislation that allocates funding to the direct service of homeless people. The McKinney–Vento Act paved the way for service providers in the coming years. In the 1990s, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and other supportive services sprouted up in towns and cities nationally. Despite these efforts and ...

  7. Zomi Town, Tulsa - Wikipedia

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    Zomi Town, Tulsa is an ethnic enclave in Tulsa, Oklahoma, inhabited by approximately 7,000 to 9,000 [1] immigrants from the Zomi ethnic group, who originally hail from the mountainous regions of northwestern Myanmar. The community consists of individuals who sought refuge in the United States to escape religious and political persecution in ...

  8. Homelessness - Wikipedia

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    Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.

  9. Category : Buildings and structures in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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    Oaklawn Cemetery (Tulsa) Oil Capital Historic District (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences; Oklahoma State University Medical Center; Oklahoma State University–Tulsa; Oral Roberts University