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New Report Paints Dire Picture for Alaska Women
The Associated PressSTORY UPDATED AT 6:30 p.m. 3/26/13: The state senator who requested a study of women's issues in Alaska says she's shocked and disturbed by the results. Anchorage Republican Lesil McGuire says she plans to introduce a bill yet this session to reform...Tags: Suicide, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Abusive Behavior, Personal Income
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Project Homeless Connect Continues to Break Stigma of Homelessness
Channel 2 NewsThe 11th annual Project Homeless Connect kicked off Tuesday morning at the Egan Center and the mission remains the same: reducing and preventing homelessness in Anchorage. Project Homeless Connect brought various agencies under one roof to give...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Family, Storrs, Social Issues
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Anchorage Homeless Get Relief with Project Homeless Connect
Channel 2 NewsHomeless advocates like Trevor Storrs, the chair of the Anchorage Coalition to Stop Homelessness, are getting ready for the 7th Annual Project Homeless Connect, where hundreds of volunteers will be providing the homeless with free services. "The whole...Tags: Arts and Culture, Medical Procedures and Tests, HIV, Storrs, Social Issues
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Karluk Manor Anniversary: Life Improves for Anchorage Street Alcoholics, Pt 2
For years, Anchorage has tolerated the behavior of chronic street alcoholics. Many give money to the panhandlers, who often use the cash to buy alcohol, which they drink in their camps hidden in the wooded areas around town. But this year, the problems...
Tags: Mental Health, Alcohol Addiction, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Religion and Belief
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Fairview Businesses Seek Solution to Homeless Inebriates
Channel 2 NewsThe Fairview Business Association brought up the issue of homeless inebriates at Monday's meeting with the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. The group says positive solutions are needed for the growing problem. At the meeting Heidi Heinrich, General Manager...Tags: Business, Social Issues
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Downtown Anchorage Church Speaks Out About New Homeless Policy
As the Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Anchorage approaches its 100th anniversary in 2015, it struggles to hold on to a longstanding tradition of keeping its doors open to everyone in the community, even the homeless. On the Sunday before...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Family, Religion and Belief, Social Issues
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Bean's Cafe Director Jim Crockett Passed Away
Channel 2 NewsJim Crockett, the longtime director of local soup kitchen and backup homeless shelter Bean’s Café, has passed away at the age of 64. Leslie Ellis, chair of Bean’s board of directors, said Crockett died of pneumonia early Thursday. She called...Tags: Pneumonia, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Soups
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Citywide Plan Provides Overflow Shelters for the Homeless
Channel 2 NewsThe Municipality of Anchorage has a citywide cold-weather plan to provide shelter for the homeless, but this winter shelters are already at or above capacity. The plan allows churches to be designated as temporary cold-weather homeless shelters for...Tags: Abusive Behavior
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Alcoholism and Mental Illness, a Growing Problem for Anchorage Homeless
Channel 2 NewsAlcohol treatment and homeless experts in Anchorage say there’s a segment of the homeless population that’s growing more troubled and harder to help, because the people in this group almost always have a combination of brain damage from...Tags: Mental Health, Alcohol Addiction, Behavioral Conditions, Safeway Inc., Social Services
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Downtown Anchorage Catholic Church Sets New Rules for the Homeless
Channel 2 NewsThe parishioners at a Catholic church in downtown Anchorage were taken by surprise at mass on Sunday morning. They were expecting to hear a homily, but instead the pastor of Holy Family Cathedral set it aside, to talk about how the homeless, who frequent...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Covenant House, Foods and Beverages, Family, Religion and Belief
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Hidden Problem in Homelessness: Lack of Resources for Single Dads
Channel 2 NewsThe Salvation Army calls it the hidden population within the homeless community. Latest numbers show there are more than 2,100 Alaskans in homeless families with dependent children. It's a trend the Salvation Army said it sees growing year by year. But,...Tags: Family, The Salvation Army
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Help for the Homeless: Movement to Aid Mat-Su Youth
Channel 2 NewsIn the fastest growing community in Alaska, there is a growing awareness of a somewhat hidden problem. The Mat-Su Valley School District has identified nearly 800 youth that are homeless -- almost 200 of whom are "unaccompanied," with no parent or...Tags: Conservation, Substance Abuse, United Way , Environmental Issues
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