Who Needs Emergency Shelter? Mothers There Speak Out - The
Under the harsh fluorescent lights of a squat, lackluster building in the Bronx, three mothers recently converged on a slab of tile to wait their turn for a bed and a roof. One had worked on and off until the bills caught up to her. Another prayed to God late at night for an apartment of her own, a crisp high school diploma and a job in computers. And a third discovered just how fragile a home life she had after her sister pointed her out the door. Full Story »
Posted by Alison Deknis
The author brings to light the true essence of women who become homeless: how they get there, what they face, and how it affects them and their children. Many women become homeless not due to lack of education, but due to loss of supportive people and family members in their lives.