Op-Ed: My Journey with Homelessness
When I first became “homeless,” I was 16 years old, and it was because I was having a lot of issues at home. The situation was very...
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Sloane Seaman
- Aug 3
- 4 min
Considering the Value in Goodbye: Social Work Relationship Endings
Anthony, Breaktime Associate, and Natasha Adeyemi, Community Outreach Director I am one small chapter in the lives of the Associates I...
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Farrah Ridoré and Aashish Palikhey
- Jul 11
- 3 min
Fighting for What’s Right
The importance of policy work in breaking the cycle of young adult homelessness If there’s one thing that affects every aspect of our...
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Connor Schoen
- Jun 1
- 2 min
My Journey with Pride
I cannot imagine how my younger, closeted self would have reacted to an eight-foot-tall portrait of me draped in a rainbow flag. Terror,...
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Giullia Caldeira
- May 3
- 3 min
Homelessness and its Psychological Toll
It does not come as a surprise to most that mental health conditions impact one’s whole life. To those who do not have proper access to...
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Jimena Chavez
- May 1
- 6 min
Aging Out of Foster Care ... What's Next?
As of June 2022, it was estimated there were over 391,000 children and youth in the American foster care system. Foster Care Awareness...
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Jimena Chavez
- Apr 3
- 5 min
Breaking Apart Homelessness Misconceptions: The Real Facts About Homelessness in America
When you think about homelessness, what image first comes to mind? People experiencing homelessness have widely varied experiences, yet...
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Jacob Landau
- Mar 2
- 5 min
Championing Social Justice through Social Work
“What really drove my passion in social work school was the links that I found between the child welfare system, the residential facility...
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Jimena Chavez
- Feb 1
- 4 min
Adopting a Racial Equity Lens to Address Homelessness
The increase in rates of homelessness in the past four years has proven that homelessness is not only a social or economic issue, but one...
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Giullia Caldeira
- Jan 12
- 3 min
How the Justice System Reinforces the Homelessness Cycle Through Mass Incarceration
The United States population is approximately 330 million people, representing 5% of the world’s occupants. However, the so-called Land...
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Sam Goodman
- Nov 10, 2022
- 4 min
Youth Homelessness Awareness Month: Challenging Harmful Stereotypes With Lived Experiences
When you think of homelessness, what comes to mind? Many think of people sleeping on the street, or individuals walking by cars asking...
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April Tate
- Oct 26, 2022
- 7 min
Hotels: A Congregate Shelter & Housing Shortage Solution?
Housing Shortage in Boston & Beyond In 2022, Boston was ranked fourth in cities facing the worst housing shortages and fourteenth in a...
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Blake Noyes
- Sep 26, 2022
- 3 min
Back to School: The Link Between School, Employment, and Homelessness
Every Fall, the start of a new school year signals a shift in daily life for all of us. For students, it means leaving behind a life of...
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Jacob Landau
- Aug 25, 2022
- 3 min
Building Job Security: How Transitional Employment Facilitates Ending Young Adult Homelessness
“More often than not, homeless people become homeless through circumstances that they can’t control…we’re so attached to the idea that it...
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Sam Goodman
- Jul 27, 2022
- 2 min
Take Action: How You Can Help The Unhoused During Heat Wave Emergencies
As we enter the hot months of summer, many of us retreat to the comfort of our homes, protected from the sun and often cooled by fans and...
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Breaktime
- Jul 1, 2022
- 3 min
How the Overturning of Roe vs. Wade will affect People Experiencing Homelessness
On June 24, 2022, in the middle of Breaktime’s Launchpad graduation, a shadow fell over our office, as the graduation audience looked...
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Jacob Landau
- May 31, 2022
- 3 min
The Cycle of Mental Health: Examining the Intersection of Homelessness, Covid-19, & Mental Illness
Photo by Isaac Quesada on Unsplash Earlier this year, hospitals were having a crisis. With more young adults seeking care for mental...
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Hope Pollard
- Apr 22, 2022
- 4 min
Implications of Climate Change on Housing Insecure and Financially Insecure Communities
Every year, disasters such as hurricanes, floods, tornados, wildfires, landslides, and beyond ravage communities across the United...
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Sam Goodman
- Mar 24, 2022
- 4 min
Homelessness: The Overlooked Public Health Crisis
The term “public health crisis” has taken on a whole new meaning in the past few years. When prompted to think about a public health...
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Jacob Landau
- Feb 9, 2022
- 3 min
Black History Month: Redlining and Homelessness
Today, over 500,000 people experience homelessness in the United States on a given night. Most of these people are Black and more...
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