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Callahan v. Carey was a landmark case in the New York County Supreme Court that established the duty of New York State to provide shelter for homeless men. It was brought in 1979 as a class action suit, the first such suit by advocates for the homeless in the United States, and settled with the negotiation in 1981 of a consent decree governing the provision of homeless shelters by New York City.
The unaccompanied youth homelessness rate in Nevada increased by 27% from 2023 to 2024; its increase of 116 unaccompanied homeless children was the fifth-largest in the country, according to the ...
The data showed that more than 5,000 in the state experienced homelessness in 2024 with 510 experiencing unsheltered homelessness. The state has seen a 10.6% decrease in homelessness since 2007 ...
The State Auditor wrote that that California “lacks current information” on if its homeless spending measures are cost-effective. California spends billions on homelessness. Report casts doubt ...
Mental illness in Alaska is a current epidemic that the state struggles to manage. The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness stated that as of January 2018, Alaska had an estimated 2,016 citizens experiencing homelessness on any given day while around 3,784 public school students experienced homelessness over the course of the year as well. [10]
States with higher scores tend to have comprehensive plans to end homelessness, entities dedicated to youth homelessness, and laws that protect the rights and dignity of homeless youth. The index has noted an improvement in state scores over time, indicating a growing awareness and response to the issue of youth homelessness. [7] [1] [6]
The State of Homelessness in Brown County shows the community's long road ahead to ending the homeless and housing crisis ... Read report on Wisconsin's homeless: ... In order to solve the ...
A recent state report finds that recipients of the annual grant to combat homelessness are spending a majority of the dollars they received from the first two rounds and the money appears tohave ...