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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Jacob Landau
- Mar 2, 2023
- 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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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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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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Hope Pollard
- Dec 17, 2021
- 3 min
Surviving the Holidays
When many people think about the holiday season, they picture themselves surrounded by friends and family, sitting around a table full of...
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April Tate
- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
The Foster-Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline
Transitioning From State Foster Care to Adulthood Each year, 20,000-30,000 young adults nationally, including 600-1,000+ in...
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Emma MacKenzie
- Jun 24, 2021
- 5 min
‘Costing Us All’: The Troubling Prevalence of LGBTQ Young Adult Homelessness
June is Pride Month—that time of year to commemorate the history, challenges, and contributions of the LGBTQ community. As we celebrate...
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Aaron Lai
- May 28, 2021
- 4 min
The ‘Crushing’ Cycle of Homelessness and Mental Illness
When Janet Smith, an alumna of Breaktime, speaks about her past experience with homelessness, she describes a personal battle complicated...
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Ben Workman
- Mar 9, 2021
- 5 min
Black and Homeless: Reflecting on Racial Inequities in America’s Homeless Population
Mikayla Woodberry, an Alumna of Breaktime, has a blunt message about how our nation is failing Black Americans experiencing homelessness:...
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Kabrien Johnson
- Jan 30, 2021
- 6 min
Op-Ed: How stereotypes and social stigmas made my experience with homelessness even more difficult
This article was written by Kabrien Johnson, alumna of Breaktime, with an introduction written by Helen He. Introduction “I feel like the...
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Emma MacKenzie
- Dec 30, 2020
- 6 min
Homeless During the Holidays
While many of us view the holidays with festive joy, the cold climate and societal traditions make this time of year especially...
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