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        <title>2024 Homelessness Symposium With Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis: Tuesday, September 17, L.A.</title>
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                <description>2024 Homelessness Symposium—a gathering to share the successes and struggles regarding homelessness prevention and intervention in Los Angeles</description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>True Colors United: 2023 Annual Count by HUD Shows 28% Increase in Homelessness Among Transgender Youth</title>
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                <description>From 2020 to 2022, homelessness among youth overall decreased by 12.21 percent. The number of youth counted in HUD’s annual Point-in-Time count has since reverted to 2020 levels.</description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Bienvenidos Food Bank Sees a 100% Increase in Families Who Need Food – Now Serving 9,000 Monthly</title>
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                <description>2023 has been an unprecedented year of demand for Bienvenidos Food Bank, which provides emergency and supplemental for Metro Denver residents. The food bank had a 100% increase in new families and a 68% increase in overall visits. It served 45,000 families in 2023, up from 25,000 last year.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Bumper Study: More Than 70% of Public EV Charge Ports Are in America&#039;s Wealthiest Counties</title>
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                <description>The study highlights existing disparities in EV charging infrastructure and emphasizes the importance of addressing these gaps in order to achieve the United States&#039; ambitious goals for EV adoption.</description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>New Report Offers Most Comprehensive Look to Date at LGBTQI+ People&#039;s Financial Lives</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Trinity Church Wall Street Announces Final Round of 2022 Grants, Bringing the Total to $57 Million</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Church of Scientology Thanks Portland Leader for His Solutions to the Homeless Crisis</title>
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                <description>Oregon has a disproportionately larger population living on the streets when compared with other states. But one man is been taking the problem into his own hands, and he is making a difference.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Holiday Food Insecurity: Key Learnings in the Bronx</title>
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                <description>&#039;Food Insecurity will be a defining issue of our time.&#039; The Bronx has become the new face of hunger, particularly during the holiday season.</description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Apportis Wins Lancaster Fairfield Community Action Agency Contract to Help Homeless Youth and Homeless Pregnant Youth</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/apportis-wins-lancaster-fairfield-community-action-agency-contract-to-21183685</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Trinity Church Wall Street to Offer Pop-Up Food Distribution Sites in the Bronx and Queens</title>
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                <description>Beginning Aug. 3, Program Will Provide 1,000 Meals Daily; 5 Locations to be Served </description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>New Report Finds One in Three Illinois Households Can&#039;t Afford Basic Needs</title>
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                <description>Over one million working households in the state live above the poverty line but still don&#039;t earn enough for necessities</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Persecution of the Local Church: Long Beach, California</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Up to 89% of California Cities and Counties May Miss Deadline to Update Local Housing Plans</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/up-to-89-of-california-cities-and-counties-may-miss-deadline-to-update-20995608</link>
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                <description>Application Deadline for Non-Competitive Grant Is Less than Three Months Away and over 400 Cities and Counties Have Not Begun the Required Application</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Volunteer Ministers Recognized for Their Work to Alleviate Hunger</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/volunteer-ministers-recognized-for-their-work-to-alleviate-hunger-20898455</link>
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                <description>Church of Scientology Volunteer Ministers in Seattle were recognized for their work with Food Lifeline and their continuing efforts to address hunger in western Washington.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 18:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Portsmouth Seeks Public Input on Strategies to Decrease Poverty in the City</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/portsmouth-seeks-public-input-on-strategies-to-decrease-poverty-in-the-20527702</link>
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                <description>Public Forums and Online Surveys Are Planned</description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>StopforChange Launches in New York City in Reponse to Rash of NYC Driver Suicides</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/stopforchange-launches-in-new-york-city-in-reponse-to-rash-of-nyc-20199874</link>
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                <description>A Movement launched to organize NYC drivers for better pay following three cases of NYC drivers in economic distress committing suicide.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Today Kicks Off National Marriage Week USA, a Movement to Reduce Poverty and Improve Marriages</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/today-kicks-off-national-marriage-week-usa-a-movement-to-reduce-poverty-20187137</link>
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                <description>Feb. 7 to 14 - a national campaign to reduce poverty, improve marriages. News: Recent bipartisan MN law encourages low-income couples to mar</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>ZUMA Wire Update: Gates Foundation Invests $45 Million for Health Initiatives in Burkina Faso</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/zuma-wire-update-gates-foundation-invests-45-million-for-health-20174793</link>
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                <description>Promoting Family Planning, Nutrition and Reducing Poverty</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 01:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Finance Fund Capital Corporation (FCAP) and the Healthy Food for Ohio Program Brings Fresh Food Access to Vinton County</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/finance-fund-capital-corporation-fcap-and-the-healthy-food-for-ohio-20056963</link>
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                <description>Grand Opening of Campbell&#039;s Market</description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Volunteer Minister Helps Pastor Restore Harmony in His Church</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/volunteer-minister-helps-pastor-restore-harmony-in-his-church-20058983</link>
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                <description>A Scientology Volunteer Minister in Kenya is infusing hope and kindness in the lives of the people of Western Kenya.</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Dr. Tasha Eurich, Leon Logothetis &amp; Dov Baron on Moments With Marianne Radio Show</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Seattle Scientologists Support Local Food Bank</title>
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                <description>Volunteer Ministers from the Church of Scientology Seattle partner with the Queen Anne Food Bank to serve those in need.</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Seattle Volunteer Ministers Brighten Holidays for Those in Need</title>
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                <description>The motto of the Church of Scientology Volunteer Minister Corps, &quot;Something can be done about it,&quot; was put into action this month as Seattle volunteers celebrated the holidays at Food Lifeline.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Social Startup Global Empowers Announces Launch with First Product Vigor Aqua Advanced Water Purification Tablets to be Ready Soon</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/social-startup-global-empowers-announces-launch-with-first-product-15116943</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Spreading the Way to Happiness to the People of Honduras</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/spreading-the-way-to-happiness-to-the-people-of-honduras-15057940</link>
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                <description>Retired army veteran Jason Martin recently visited La Ceiba, Honduras, where he distributed copies of The Way to Happiness to those in need.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Public Policy Regulatory Alliance Reports Another Strip Club Unfairly Implicated in Neighborhood Crime; When Do Facts Actually Matter?</title>
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                <description>Studies show definitively that crime-prompted calls for police at convenience stores far outnumber those by topless clubs, despite the common misconception nightclubs generate violent crime.</description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Human Rights Education Brings Hope to Haiti Children</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/human-rights-education-brings-hope-to-haiti-children-13274326</link>
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                <description>Understanding human rights is the first step to gaining these rights for oneself and others.</description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Homelessness a State of Emergency in &quot;YHomeless?&quot; Documentary Film</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/homesslessness-a-state-of-emergency-in-yhomeless-documentary-film-13019798</link>
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                <description>​Last year, homelessness was declared a state of emergency in nine U.S. jurisdictions. This upward trend in &quot;the new homeless&quot; in post-Recession America is the focus of &quot;YHomeless&quot;, a feature length documentary directed by Glen Dunzweiler, released by Cinema Libre Studio on DVD and Video on Demand this month. </description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>15 Months Later, Nepal Still in Urgent Need of Help</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/15-months-later-nepal-still-in-urgent-need-of-help-12772269</link>
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                <description>Scientology Volunteer Ministers continue their work in Nepal, helping the country recover from the 2015 earthquakes.</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 21:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Tony Johns Named Executive Director of Crossroads Community Ministries</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/tony-johns-named-executive-director-of-crossroads-community-ministries-11342154</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 13:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>​New National Report Shows Mobile Devices Can Be Path to Success for Disadvantaged Young Black and Latino Males</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/new-report-shows-mobile-devices-could-be-path-to-success-for-young-11304576</link>
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                <description>&quot;Heard, Not Judged&quot; is a national report about young men of color and their need for information and services to better their lives. It&#039;s part of President Obama&#039;s My Brother&#039;s Keeper Initiative.  </description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2016 20:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Harvest Snaps and Table for Two Reunite to Fight Obesity and Hunger With Students - Snappy Idea for Giving Back</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/harvest-snaps-and-table-for-two-reunite-to-fight-obesity-and-hunger-10924973</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 09:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Providing Help in Burundi Displacement Camps</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/providing-help-in-burundi-displacement-camps-10908006</link>
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                <description>Burundi physician establishes 50-member Scientology Volunteer Ministers Group to bring real help to the people of his country. </description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 20:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Healing Transitions Names Chris Budnick as Executive Director</title>
                    <link>https://www.pressrelease.com/news/healing-transitions-names-chris-budnick-as-executive-director-9932691</link>
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                <description>The Board is confident that Budnick will successfully lead the nonprofit&#039;s current program in Wake County and its expansion in the state.</description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 21:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ground-Breaking Non-Profit &#039;One Can Help&#039; to Celebrate 10 Years at Fundraiser on Thursday, May 5</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Choose to Value People (And Yourself) by Their Future Not Their Past.</title>
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                <description>In his recent TedX talk, Joe DeLoss provides a great goal of choosing to value people by their future rather than their past.  By focusing on the future, we can help break the cycles of poverty and incarceration.  The hard part in this vision is that it is disruptive to both human resources/hiring and the indiviuals themselves</description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Cleveland Limousine Company Seeks Helpers for Preparing  Gift Pack Giveaways to Downtown Homeless</title>
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                <description>Homeless Help Kits to provide healthy snacks and personal care essentials for those in need.</description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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