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		<title>Because of John</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1281</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without a housing first model, John would have never been identified for intensive case management and would have, most likely, continued to refuse care and treatment. And, though John was never able to move into his apartment, he died surrounded by people who loved and cared for him.]]></description>
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		<title>Why is what we do at Virginia Supportive Housing important?</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1273</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Virginia Supportive Housing I get to be a part of something much bigger than myself. I get to meet some really amazing residents that inspire me with their resilience. I also have the opportunity to work with our partners in the community that are equally passionate about ending homelessness.]]></description>
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		<title>Move-In Day At The Crossings</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1258</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us who have never been homeless, I think it’s hard if not impossible to understand the complex mixture of feelings that is experienced by someone who has been homeless on the day their nightmare ends and they move into permanent housing. On Thursday, March 29, it was my privilege to witness one person’s private journey as she turned the key in the lock of her brand new apartment home.

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		<title>A Race Worth Winning</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1248</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 State of Homelessness in America Report]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[District Opens New Permanent Housing Complex For Women]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While no American city – Richmond and Washington D.C. included – has succeeded in solving homelessness (yet), there is good news on the horizon, and that good news, for Gail Faulkner and so many of the people served by VSH, is permanent supportive housing. Study after study concludes that increased availability of and access to permanent supportive housing will be absolutely critical to our efforts to reduce and end homelessness once and for all.]]></description>
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		<title>Construction Begins on Heron’s Landing</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1228</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction on Heron’s Landing began on March 1, 2012.  Heron’s Landing will be Virginia Supportive Housing’s first supportive studio apartments in Chesapeake, Virginia.  When complete, Heron’s Landing will serve 60 homeless adults from Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Suffolk. ]]></description>
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		<title>VSH Volunteers Make A Difference!</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1221</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["I am so grateful for the team at Virginia Supportive Housing who have dedicated their lives to seeing others get a fresh new start, and that they let [volunteers] be a part of the restoration."]]></description>
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		<title>Hopeful, Optimistic&#8230;.But Also Impatient</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1209</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Place To Start]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political consensus is possible. At a time when politicians can’t even agree on the color of the sky, Democrats and Republicans are joining forces to support legislation that paves the way for policy amendments, funding, and eventually, new permanent supportive housing developments. But for the people who are sleeping outside in frigid weather, that can’t happen soon enough.]]></description>
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		<title>Work Harder, Look Deeper</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1186</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["We mustn’t be quick to judge another human being. When we take the deliberate steps to set aside our fears of people perceived as different, a world of discovery opens for us. Mutual understanding begins when we lower our defenses and encounter our common humanity."]]></description>
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		<title>Make Service A Priority In 2012!</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1179</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether we are among family members or work colleagues, serving our congregations or our less fortunate neighbors, life presents us every day with endless opportunities for kind words, compassionate gestures, consoling embraces, and supportive acts both great and small. But especially the small ones.]]></description>
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		<title>How Many More Have To Die?</title>
		<link>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1170</link>
		<comments>http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=1170#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven hundred people experiencing or at risk of homelessness are killed from hypothermia annually in the United States. Hypothermia - or subnormal temperature in the body - remains a leading, critical and preventable cause of injury and death among those experiencing homelessness. How many more have to die?
]]></description>
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