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	<title>Virginia Supportive Housing Blog</title>
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		<title>Sixteen percent fewer people in Richmond homeless, but the battle is not over…</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=458</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can contribute your time, talents, voice, and resources to put an end to homelessness in our commonwealth. Your support of VSH WILL make a difference!]]></description>
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		<title>Stories Of Struggle, Endings Of Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=443</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[be transformed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I tell someone I work with Virginia Supportive Housing, this is the story I hear again and again. There are so many people out there who are struggling so hard. The good news is that VSH makes happy endings possible. ]]></description>
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		<title>Checking In With Joe Brightful</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=434</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I love this place so much. I love just being able to relax in my own place with my music and my TV. It’s so quiet and peaceful. And it’s a good location, easy for me to get around when I need to. But sometimes I just don’t want to do anything but stay home and relax.”
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		<title>Stability Is A Precious Thing In Life</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=424</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[emergency shelter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Providing people who are experiencing homelessness with a permanent place to live allows them to work towards getting their lives back on track without worrying where they will sleep next week. It is truly a wonderful thing and this sense of stability has been proven hugely successful through the efforts of Virginia Supportive Housing. ]]></description>
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		<title>Did you know&#8230;that homelessness is the 800 pound gorilla in the (news)room?</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=409</link>
		<comments>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=409#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although homelessness is not the explicit focus of most headlines, its shadow lurks on the edge of issues such as unemployment, health care, and affordable housing in a conspicuous but unspoken way, because these factors, especially when combined all at one time, play a critical role in the housing crises of both individuals and families.
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		<title>Not all disabilities are created equal</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=404</link>
		<comments>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=404#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Place To Start]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 26th, there was a celebration at the White House to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the passing of the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA), which for the first time protected the rights of people with physical and mental disabilities, and prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, public services and public accommodations

For those of you who don’t know, I am legally blind.  While I don’t consider myself disabled in the full sense of the word, I can get accommodations under the ADA.  However, since my handicap is physical it does not have nearly the stigma as mental illness.

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		<title>Story of Hope&#8230;A Place To Start</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=400</link>
		<comments>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=400#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About three years ago, everything changed for Jane.  In her own words, she reports that within two weeks, her world “fell apart.”  She lost her car, her children, and her housing and entered the homeless services system.  Sometimes she stayed at a local shelter during the night, but had no where to go during the day.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Anyone And Everyone Can Make It In Permanent Housing</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=394</link>
		<comments>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=394#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of blaming the person experiencing the crisis and saying “they will never make it in permanent housing”, we should be looking at the services available in our community and asking why we do not have the capacity to meet this person’s needs.]]></description>
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		<title>Invisible Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=377</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing seems to be universal: people experiencing homelessness are invisible everywhere. People all over the world avert their gazes from the problem and try to pretend it simply doesn’t exist. They shake their heads and pass judgment and are confident it will never happen to them. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Once-In-The-State Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=370</link>
		<comments>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=370#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Advisory Group to prevent and end homelessness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I am honored to be part of Governor McDonnell's new Advisory Group to prevent and end homelessness in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is our chance to help improve coordination, identify more efficient use of resources, impact the allocation of resources and funding priorities, influence State policy and most importantly help prevent and reduce homelessness in the Commonwealth.]]></description>
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