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A profile of Caroline Bundy and the Way Station

The Way Station is a shelter with wrap-around services geared for the particular needs of homeless youth that will open in Birmingham this fall.
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June 10, 2022

Sewell announces grants to help the homeless

Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Selma) announced that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has recently awarded $11,445,018 to local “Continuums of Care” (CoCs) across Alabama’s 7th Congressional District. HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Program works with local non-profit providers and state and local governments (CoCs) to end homelessness, providing rapid … Continued
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January 22, 2020

CAIR-Alabama calls for action after Mobile officers posted “homeless quilt” on social media

Tuesday, the Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR-Alabama, called for corrective action after Mobile Police officers posted on social media a “homeless quilt” that ridiculed homeless people. CAIR-Alabama said that action was needed to insure no member of the department engages in similar activity in the future. The Facebook post showed two … Continued
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January 2, 2020

Roby excited by federal grant for YouthBuild program in Eufaula

Monday, Congresswoman Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a grant to the Eufaula Housing Authority to expand the Barbour County YouthBuild program. “The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that the Eufaula Housing Authority was awarded $1.5 million to support and expand Barbour County’s YouthBuild program,” Roby wrote in … Continued
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December 27, 2019

Ivey awards more than $2.5 million for emergency housing assistance

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that she has awarded grants totaling more than $2.5 million to help homeless Alabamians with immediate housing assistance and to help others who are in danger of becoming homeless. The funding from the federal Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program will support organizations across the state that provide shelter, legal … Continued
December 18, 2019