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• Bed rest for the weary

  March 17, 2012 in City on Page A1 Mike Hamilton’s hands tell the story. His fingers are short and thick – too short, you realize – and it’s hard not to look at them and wonder what happened. … 2

• Homeless teen still finds time to volunteer

  March 15, 2012 in Region MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - Kaitlyn Toomey views herself like any other teenager, except for one thing: She doesn’t have a home. 1

• Spokane group seeks housing aid proposals

  February 23, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V4 The city of Spokane’s Human Services Department, in partnership with the Spokane Regional Homeless Governance Council, is seeking proposals for grant funding to reduce homelessness. The request for proposals covers …

• Friends in need: Mission helps unemployed reacquire interview skills – and jobs

  February 4, 2012 in City on Page A5 Marty Hall believes in second chances. Hall said he worked in the hospitality business for 25 years before he suffered verbal abuse and developed a drinking problem. He lost two …

• Grants support homeless

  December 26, 2011 in City on Page A7 The federal government has renewed funding next year for 208 Washington state programs serving the homeless, including about $3 million for 28 Spokane programs. The U.S. Department of Housing and …

• Youth clothing bank opens

  December 9, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane teen Cassiady Lenhert owned only one pair of shoes, a couple of T-shirts, a few pairs of pants and a sweatshirt. She said she was thrilled to learn about …

• Youth clothing bank opens for homeless students

  December 8, 2011 in City Spokane teen Cassiady Lenhert owned only one pair of shoes, a couple of T-shirts, a few pairs of pants and a sweatshirt. She said she was thrilled to learn about … 2

• Voiceless not friendless

  October 26, 2011 in City on Page A1 Two and a half years ago, Bridget Bradick and her children stepped off a train in Spokane as refugees from domestic violence and stumbled into poverty and homelessness. She left … 16

• Welfare, child support cuts hit hard

  September 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 It was hard last year for a Spokane mother of three trying to work her way off welfare. It’s much worse now. “I was trying to make the right steps, … 23

• Budget cuts thwart single mom’s effort to escape poverty

  September 7, 2011 in City It was hard last year for a Spokane mother of three trying to work her way off welfare. It’s much worse now. 55

• Once-homeless racers take to the course

  May 1, 2011 in City on Page A1 There are probably as many reasons to run in Bloomsday as there are participants, but a group of homeless and formerly homeless Bloomies are doing it for self-respect. “I did …

• To those needing shelter, Spokane Valley woman’s door is open

  April 13, 2011 in City on Page A1 There is a home in a part of the Spokane Valley that has seen better days, a home where poor, forgotten people have found a safe place to rest along …

• Longtime leader Stuckart leaving helm of nonprofit SNAP

  April 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 Few people have done as much to pull Spokane residents out of poverty as Larry Stuckart, who will step down as executive director of SNAP next month after 20 years … 2

• Obama’s budget plan would shrink nonprofit for poor SNAP

  February 15, 2011 in City on Page A10 The spending plan unveiled by the Obama administration on Monday would halve funding for two programs that provide Spokane’s most vulnerable residents with heat and shelter. It also would mean …

• In brief: Former TV newswoman Wilde rescued from river

  January 31, 2011 in City on Page A6 A former Spokane TV newswoman was rescued from her sport utility vehicle by Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team members after she drove into Latah Creek on Sunday afternoon. Debra …

• North Idaho program connects homeless, social services

  January 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 POST FALLS – A young man in Carhartts waited for a ride outside the Idaho National Guard Armory in Post Falls on Thursday with a box of donated clothes and … 1

• Grant to Catholic Charities enables housing for poor

  January 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 Catholic Charities of Spokane announced plans to build a downtown housing complex for the city’s poorest residents to be financed almost entirely by a $2.5 million state grant. The 50-unit … 3

• Homeless dogs find homes

  December 4, 2010 Eight homeless hounds are no longer living in a broken-down Toyota Corolla. Five of the dogs were adopted early Saturday, after a story about them appeared on the front page …

• Lighthouse offers home, fresh start

  November 28, 2010 in City on Page B1 When Ashlee Erickson got out of jail a couple of weeks ago, she had only the shorts and top she wore the day she was arrested last summer. There to … 2

• Lighthouse of Hope a beacon for homeless women

  November 27, 2010 in City When Ashlee Erickson got out of jail a couple of weeks ago, she had only the shorts and top she wore the day she was arrested last summer. There to … 2

• Homeless teens live day-to-day

  October 31, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 They are the stories one would expect to hear from a street-entrenched adult. Since becoming homeless, Steve, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, has done whatever necessary …

• Face Time: Advocate discusses efforts to reduce homelessness

  September 27, 2010 in City on Page A5 In 1990, the Spokane Low Income Housing Consortium was created to alleviate homelessness in Spokane by developing affordable housing. The consortium celebrates its 20th anniversary on Tuesday during an 11:30 … 5

• Holding off homelessness

  August 7, 2010 in City on Page A1 Federal stimulus funding not only helped Spokane weather the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, it changed one of the city’s leading social service agencies, which redirected its staff … 13

• Need urgent for displaced residents

  May 14, 2010 in City on Page A7 About two dozen of Spokane’s most vulnerable residents are in urgent need of the community’s help after being made homeless by a suspected arson fire on Saturday. In a city … 1

• Low-income housing residents adrift after fire

  May 13, 2010 in City on Page A1 More than two dozen residents displaced because of a suspected arson face homelessness in a few days as nonprofit agencies struggle to find money to provide them temporary housing. Firefighters … 1

• Director discusses St. Vincent’s clearinghouse for social services

  May 10, 2010 in City on Page A5 In July 2009, St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho opened a one-stop shop for social services needed by poor and homeless people. The H.E.L.P. Center – Helping Empower Local People … 1

• Education despite adversity

    November 22, 2009 in City on Page A1 Kamitra Maxwell made sure her three children were enrolled in school while the family was living on Spokane streets and in a shelter. “School is important for my children,” she … 1

• Under the roof, a home

  November 21, 2009 in City on Page B1 When the bottom fell out of Charity Lancaster’s world, she fell just about as far as you can. In September, the 30-year-old mother and her two daughters, ages 9 and …

• Week’s programs spotlight poverty

  November 12, 2009 in City on Page A6 Spokane and Coeur d’Alene will join communities throughout the nation next week in recognizing the toll the economic downturn has taken on people’s lives. In Spokane, Hunger and Homelessness Awareness … 1

• Grants offer relief to poor in region

  October 30, 2009 in City on Page A7 The region’s impoverished received help Thursday from public and private sources to ease the effects of the economic downturn. Spokane County received a $622,278 federal grant to help people on …

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