Military and Veterans… South Florida Veterans Continue to Face Increased Hardships 20 Oct 202021 Oct 2020 Low-income veterans are facing increased hardships, threatening South Florida with housing challenges that could impact the local landscape for years. Pembroke Pines, Florida, October 20, 2020 -- Purpose Built Families…
Housing… After Four Deployments, a Marine Fights for Fellow Veterans at Home 13 Aug 202013 Aug 2020 After tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a Marine comes home to fight for the lives of fellow Veterans without a safe place to call home. More than twice as many…
Housing… Overcoming homelessness, Miami Veteran is ready for fresh start at life, love 11 Feb 202013 Feb 2020 Robert Jacoby, 57, is a fighter. For much of his life, he was also known as an over-achiever. “I used to be someone,” Jacoby remembers. Jacoby’s father was a popular…
American Life… Help Needed to End Veteran Homelessness 24 Apr 201531 Jul 2018 It should be an oxymoron. Tragically for 50,000 American Veterans tonight, it's not. Homeless Veterans are still very much present across our United States. Alone or with children, they're living…
Military and Veterans… Like Norman Cooper III, Every Homeless Veteran Has a Name, Story and Dreams that Can Still Come True 16 Dec 201316 Dec 2013 "Before he knew it, Norman Cooper III, a decorated American Veteran, had lost it all. His career, money, marriage, and the family to which he'd long been devoted were gone…
Marriage Education… Untangling a World of Love Knots 8 Dec 20138 Dec 2013 “Social media has enabled us to advance our mission to help create a safer, saner, more loving world in ways we couldn't have imagined 30 years ago.” by CARSON ABRIR…
Housing… Florida’s Largest Supportive Housing Developer Marches on in 20 Year Fight to End Homelessness 20 Oct 201320 Oct 2013 Despite providing affordable housing to more than 10,000 residents of Miami-Dade County over the past 20 years, leaders of Florida's largest developer of supportive housing know much more is needed…
Housing… VA Announces $300 Million in New Grants to Help End Homelessness for America’s Veteran Families 15 Jul 201315 Jul 2013 More than $5 million awarded to three South Florida non-profits to help nearly 2,000 local Veteran families WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced last week the…
American Life… American Income Life Executives Help Homeless Veterans Get Fresh Start During Miami Visit 7 Mar 201311 Mar 2013 While American Income Life Insurance Company executives met this week in Miami, their spouses headed to Carrfour Supportive Housing’s Dr. Barbara Carey-Shuler Manor affordable housing community in nearby Liberty City…
American Life… Liberty City’s Parkview Gardens Offers Innovative Housing Model for Distressed Neighborhoods 1 Nov 20121 Nov 2012 Carol Gardner, CEO of Tacolcy Economic Development Corporation, began the grand opening celebration of Parkview Gardens in Miami's Liberty City community Tuesday with words of prayer and encouragement for all…
Housing… From the Trenches of South Florida, Cedric Halyard is Ending Homelessness for America’s Veteran Families 18 Oct 2012 After returning from deployment in Operation Desert Storm, Cedric Halyard found himself struggling with homelessness and addictions. His experience overcoming those challenges has helped him help more than 1,000 other…
Housing… Carrfour Breaks Ground on Hampton Village 13 Oct 201221 Jan 2013 With homelessness on the rise across the country, Florida’s largest nonprofit affordable housing developer is putting federal stimulus dollars to work through the delivery of 256 new residences at three…
American Life… Denise Martino Starts Homeless South Florida Veterans on Path to Lasting Housing Stability 9 Oct 201210 Oct 2012 Operation Sacred Trust, "OST," funded through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, helps provide housing stability for homeless and at-risk Veteran families in Broward…
American Life… Clifford Johnson Shares Experience Overcoming Homelessness, Addiction to Serve At-Risk Veterans 7 Oct 201210 Oct 2012 Operation Sacred Trust, "OST," funded through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, helps provide housing stability for homeless and at-risk Veteran families in Broward…
American Life… Operation Sacred Trust’s Yvette Costa is Helping End Homelessness for South Florida’s Veteran Families 6 Oct 201210 Oct 2012 Operation Sacred Trust, "OST," funded through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, helps provide housing stability for homeless and at-risk Veteran families in Broward…
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Education… Initiative Aims to Disrupt Homelessness for South Florida Veteran Families 4 Aug 20111 Aug 2018 “To America's veterans, our country must speak with one voice: we honor your service, and we enter into a sacred trust with you from the moment you put on that…
Education… Five Steps for Building a Connected Community 2 Mar 2011 by Lauren DelGandio Each week the PAIRS team — including lead instructors, assistants, research, finance, and administrative staff – meets for one to two hours to review lessons learned, best…
Education… Taking Aim at America’s Married and Homeless 7 Feb 20118 Feb 2011 by Rachel Schindler More than a third of married Americans are worried about not being able to meet expenses, according to the “Survey of Marital Generosity,” conducted by researchers at…
News Ted Williams: One Up, Three Million to Go 7 Jan 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou_XuEEGQA8 Ted Williams, the man with the golden voice, had a prayer answered this week when the homeless father of nine was discovered by a Columbus Dispatch reporter begging for…