Podcasts about homeless persons

Homelessness has become a crisis in the United States. We live in the richest country in the world, and yet one can drive down main thoroughfares of our most prosperous cities and be confronted with tent encampments lining streets, squalor, open-air drug markets, and destitute people begging. The crisis is multifaceted as it is seemingly intractable. What is the role Read More ›

Gippsland Forest GuardiansLisa Barrand is a founding member of the Gippsland Forest Guardians, a small team working with community to protect Gippsland's forests for future generations of animals, plants and people. Lisa speaks about the campaign to protect the critically endangered slender tree-fern and why increased pine plantations are contributing to the destruction of native forests. You can follow their work by heading to https://gippslandforestguardians.org.au/ or at @gippslandforestguardiansinc on Instagram. International Workers' Day rallyBrunhilda is a member of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation, the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, and the Australian Unemployed Workers Union. Brun speaks about the upcoming International Workers Day rally on Thursday 1st May at 5:30pm outside the State Library. You can also tune into 3CR on Thursday 1st May and Sunday 4th May for coverage of workers' struggles, union work towards better wages and conditions, and the fight for democratic rights to organise and unionise. Doctors for Environment AustraliaKate Wylie is the CEO of Doctors for Environment Australia. DEA are medical doctors calling for climate action in recognition of the health harms caused by global heating and climate change. They work to protect biodiversity, knowing that the health of humans is inextricably linked with the health of the natural world and advocate for a sustainable healthcare system to reduce the health sectors carbon footprint. Kate speaks about the open letter that has been sent to all political candidates by members of DEA and Médecins Sans Frontières calling for candidates to take climate action this election. To find out more about the organisation, head to dea.org.au End the Raids! actionSanmati and Rory speak at the 'End the Raids' action that took place outside the Department of Home Affairs in Naarm on Thursday 17th April 2025. Sanmati is a migration lawyer from the Human Rights Law Centre and member of the United Workers Union. Sanmati speaks about the exploitative nature of the migrant system and how it impacts not only migrant sex workers, but all migrant and non-migrant workers. Rory is a peer support worker from Vixen, who speaks about the over-policing and surveillance of street-based sex workers and the need for full decriminalisation of sex work. Make sure to follow Vixen, peer organisation based in so-called Victoria, by going to www.vixen.org.au or on Instagram at @vixenworkers. Youth Homelessness in VictoriaDeborah Di Natale, CEO of the Council to Homeless Persons has a career-long commitment to social justice and advocacy for those who are experiencing disadvantage, who seeks to forge better social outcomes for people without a home, while supporting a strong and sustainable homelessness service sector in Victoria. Deborah speaks about the issue of youth homelessness in Victoria and the lack of updated policies to adddress it directly, as well as the landmark Victorian Youth Homelessness Assembly happening this week. To find out more about the work they do, visit chp.org.au SongsHere We Stand - Climate Choir MelbourneAlethea - Colony is a DragRokiah Wanda - Bulan Ditutup Awan

Shaddie Valayadum, CEO The Haven Night Shelter and Newly-weds Kelvin & Melissa joined Clarence Ford on air on how the organization is helping people rebuild their lives.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With new medium to high density apartments potentially being built in your area, are you worried that parking will get worse? In this edition of The Conversation Hour we delve into what density housing means for where you park. Plus we learn about the Council to Homeless Persons new blueprint for the Victorian Government to end homelessness. And we also examine what the role Pope Francis has played setting social values across the globe.

Welcome to Monday Breakfast! On the 10th of Feb we listened to: Speeches from the Protect Trans Youth rally on the the weekend, the8th of February: Frankie Mizzone (she/her) and her mum Patrice (she/her). Frankie is a trans teenage activist and trailblazer. Frankie spoke of her experiences accessing puberty blockers as a young transgender person. Patrice spoke about what it's like raising a trans child and keeping them safe in world of ever-expanding transphobia. CW death and suicide. Hini Hanara, a Takatāpui person who speaks of their experience as a funeral celebrant in dealing with the deaths of trans and gender-diverse children. Dr Danielle Stefanski with a message of hope for young transgender people: the community and infrastructure to support young transgender people is building and backed by evidence. Speeches from the Anti-Zionist Jews against Racism and Genocide rally on the 9th of February: Jacob Sacher an award-winning Jewish comedian and Jewish studies researcher. He has been the president of the Melbourne University Jewish Students' Society and is currently undertaking a Masters-By-Research at Monash University. Jeffrey Lowenstein, a descendant of Holocaust survivors and practised as a barrister for 50 years. Jeffrey also chaired the Anti Defamation Commission of Australia and New Zealand and was a member of the Jewish Community Council in VictoriaAnnie McLoughlin spoke with filmmaker Anthony Kelly about the documentary Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe on the Showreel show. Showreel airs from 11 to 11:30 on Thursdays. To find out more info, and where to watch this upcoming documentary, go to ourwarriordoco.com. There will be a community screening of Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe at Cinema Nova in Carlton this Saturday the 15th of February. Damien Patterson from the Council to Homeless Persons, speaking to James Mckenzie from the In Ya Face show that airs on Fridays from 4-5pm, last year in April about housing crisis facilities from trans and gender diverse people. To support this organisation go to chp.org.au 

December 20, 2024 ~ Saturday is the shortest day of the year, and Pope Francis Center in Detroit will host its annual Homeless Persons' Memorial to honor the lives of people who died this year. Guy talks with PFC president Fr. Tim McCabe about why there's a shortage of emergency shelters in the city.

Honor the lives of those impacted by homelessness during the Homeless Persons Memorial Day 2024 in Vancouver. Discover the details of this heartfelt ceremony and learn how the community can take steps to address homelessness. Read the full story at https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/homeless-persons-memorial-day-2024 on ClarkCountyToday.com. #HomelessPersonsMemorialDay #ClarkCountyWa #LocalNews #HomelessnessAwareness

Calvary Lutheran Church will host this annual event the evening of Thursday, December 19. The event is organized by the Union County Interfaith Coordinating Council. One of the leaders of the organization, Rev. Carmine Pernini, the pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Rahway, spoke with me about the event.

Welcome to another of the Monday Breakfast show, produced and presented in the studios of 3CR and hosted by Rob Harrison. First up we hear Cam and Andy of the Yeah Nah Pasaran show speak with academic Chris Wilson about the previously undiscovered digital footprint of the Australian killer who perpetrated massacres in Aotearoa in 2019.  You can hear more content from the Yeah Nah Pasaran Show on Thursdays from 4:30 to 5pm or click here to stream it digitally.As the wheels of capitalism, imperialism and colonialism continue to spin, direct action is needed to blockade a global economy which is complicit in the genocide of Palestinians. Today, in cities across the globe, a series of coordinated actions will take place to do exactly that. Rob spoke with Nathalie, a passionate advocate, writer & creative from the SWANA region to talk further about the action. She is a proud descendant of a long line of resistance fighters & political leaders in the Levant. Arriving to this continent as a refugee, Nathalie has dedicated herself to fighting for the rights of marginalized peoples globally and for dismantling structural racism through storytelling, spoken word and staunch political action. Check out the Disrupt Wars Instagram page for more info on all the actions happening throughout Naarm/so-called Melbourne today, including: From 8AM on the steps of Victoria Parliament there will be a rally to get Elbit Systems out of so-called Victoria From 9:30: Blockade to shut down AW Bell at 145 Abbotts Rd, Dandenong SouthFrom 11AM: Speak out for Palestine happening at 700 Swanston StFrom 12pm: BP out of Palestine rally in protest of the oil company's supply of fuel to Israel's military. The protest will occur at 717 Bourke St, DocklandsFollowing that we played James McKenzie of 3CR program In Ya Face's conversation with Damien Patterson, Policy and Advocacy Officer for the Council to Homeless Persons about the need for more funding toward safer housing options for trans and gender diverse people, including a crisis housing facility. You can hear more of the In Ya Face show on Fridays from 4 to 5pm or at the link here.And finally we hear a segment of the YarraBUG show from the 25th of March 2024 in which host Chris speaks with Paul Baker about his pathway from starting off riding BMX as a kid, commuting, workplace bicycle user groups, the June 2022 'halt' of the roll out of protected cycling lanes in Melbourne, organising #comerailtrailwithme bike trail rides and getting elected to the Bicycle Network board. You can listen to the full episode of the YarraBUG show here.Events: On Tuesday the 16th of April there will be a peaceful protest outside Attorney General Mark Dreyfus' office to pressure the Federal Government to remove its alignment with Israel. That's happening from 5:30pm at 566 Main Street, Mordialloc. On Thursday the 18th of April the 'Say No to Injustice: Expel Israeli Ambassador for War Crimes' rally will take place at Federation Square from 5:30pm. Camp Sovereignty is ongoing and support is encouraged. Events are held throughout the week there, the info for which can be found at the Old Country Calling Instagram page. The Free Palestine rally will also continue this Sunday from 12pm outside the State Library.Songs played: 'Morning Sun' - Bumpy'Let Them Know Something' - Barkaa'Cinderella' - Remi Wolf'One True Place'  - Amy Saunders 

Janet Jukes and Macca talk to Damien Patterson, Policy and Advocacy Officer, Council to Homeless Persons Council to Homeless Persons (CHP) has called on the Victorian Government to fund safer... LEARN MORE The post Saturday 13th, April, 2024: Damien Patterson, Policy and Advocacy Officer, Council to Homeless Persons appeared first on Saturday Magazine.

$15 Million is needed in the Victorian State Budget to fund safer housing options for trans and gender diverse people, including a crisis housing facility, says the Council to Homeless Persons.  Its Policy and Advocacy Officer Damien Patterson joins us.   Homepage - Council to Homeless Persons website (chp.org.au)  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.

Dec. 20, 2023 ~ Thursday is the longest night of the year, and the Pope Francis Center in Detroit will hold the Homeless Persons Memorial Service to honor those who have died this year. PFC President & CEO Tim McCabe join Guy, Lloyd, and Jamie about how to support their cause in our area, and around the nation.

A Homeless Persons Memorial Day ceremony will be held Thursday (Dec. 21), at 5:45 p.m. on the front steps of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1309 Franklin St., Vancouver. https://tinyurl.com/2yt56zyn #CouncilForTheHomeless #HomelessPersonsMemorialDayCeremony #StPaulLutheranChurch #FriendsAndNeighborsMemorial #2023Memorial #Fellowship #Homelessness #ClarkCountyWa #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We hear a conversation between team members of the World Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch initiative discussing the recently-released 2022 Tree Cover Loss data, and how last year's data set fits into concerning global trends in forest loss. Global Forest Watch Communications Manager Kaitlyn Thayer kindly interviewed director Mikaela Weisse and senior GIS research manager Elizabeth Goldman on my behalf, discussing how the data is obtained by the University of Maryland and analysed by experts at Global Forest Watch, and how it relates to issues of global and national governance and climate change.// Spike Chiappalone speaks about the Need To Know zine and website, a regularly updated and peer developed resource for people experiencing homelessness or doing it tough in Melbourne's CBD. Spike was a peer outreach worker Melbourne homeless health service, is a co-founder of the Homeless Persons' Union, and until very recently facilitated the collective of folks with current or past lived experience of homelessness who put together Need To Know at Kathleen Syme library in Carlton.// Kristin O'Connell, research and policy expert at the Antipoverty Centre, discusses the convergence between Australia's cost of living and rental crises for people living below the poverty line. Kristin is in town this week for the Ecosocialism 2023 conference at Trades Hall, where she'll be speaking on the Housing as a Human Right panel on Saturday the 1st of July at 4PM. Check out the rest of the conference program and register here.//

Dylan and Kulja are joined by Deborah Di Natale, CEO of Council to Homeless Persons, who breaks down the new Census data revealing an alarming increase in the homelessness rate in Victoria; Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor at Monash University, discusses the state of gambling reform in New South Wales following Labor's election win; and The Grapevine's FOI correspondent and journalist Petra Stock gives an update on various Freedom of Information issues in light of the Federal FOI Commissioner stepping down after only a year in the role.

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Today we are taking a break from Advent themes. It is the longest night of the year and it is officially Homeless Persons' Memorial Day. Many times people on the street die without most people knowing their name or if they are gone. Each one has a name and an identity. Let's take a moment to recognize that today. The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. John is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church. Support the show

Homeless Persons Memorial Day scheduled. The annual event, set for Dec. 21, offers an opportunity to remember our neighbors who passed in 2022. https://bit.ly/3iX6guw #CouncilForTheHomeless #HomelessPersonsMemorialDay #OutsidersInn #StPaulLutheranChurch #Homlessness #AnnualEvent #Neighbors #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

In this episode, Shae speaks with Ben Fogarty.Ben is a barrister at Denman Chambers, with expertise in discrimination law (specialising in disability discrimination), administrative law, criminal law, guardianship and mental health law, and employment and industrial relations laws. He has been a barrister for 10 years and, prior to that, was a solicitor for 12 years. Prior to being called to the bar, Ben was the senior solicitor at the Homeless Persons' Legal Service. He has also been the Acting Director of Pro Bono at Gilbert+Tobin Lawyers, the principal solicitor at the Intellectual Disability Rights Service, the outreach solicitor at the Darwin Community Legal Service and the principal solicitor of the NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre. He has also worked at Redfern Legal Centre and the Inner-City Legal Centre. Ben's work in the community legal sector covered a very broad range of laws. Ben also taught criminal law for 9 years at the University of New South Wales, his last year being 2012. Ben has advised and appeared both for applicants and respondents in New South Wales, Queensland and Commonwealth disability discrimination.This podcast has been sponsored by the Australian Finance Group Australia (AFG). Australian Finance Group was established in 1994. For 27 years we have been on a mission to create a fairer financial future for Australians. And that starts with providing our brokers with unwavering support, powerful tools, and passionate expertise to grow their business, their future. Australians trust their brokers with their biggest assets, and in turn, our brokers trust us with theirs.

In this episode, Shae speaks with Ben Fogarty.Ben is a barrister at Denman Chambers, with expertise in discrimination law (specialising in disability discrimination), administrative law, criminal law, guardianship and mental health law, and employment and industrial relations laws. He has been a barrister for 10 years and, prior to that, was a solicitor for 12 years. Prior to being called to the bar, Ben was the senior solicitor at the Homeless Persons' Legal Service. He has also been the Acting Director of Pro Bono at Gilbert+Tobin Lawyers, the principal solicitor at the Intellectual Disability Rights Service, the outreach solicitor at the Darwin Community Legal Service and the principal solicitor of the NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre. He has also worked at Redfern Legal Centre and the Inner-City Legal Centre. Ben's work in the community legal sector covered a very broad range of laws. Ben also taught criminal law for 9 years at the University of New South Wales, his last year being 2012. Ben has advised and appeared both for applicants and respondents in New South Wales, Queensland and Commonwealth disability discrimination.This podcast has been sponsored by the Australian Finance Group Australia (AFG). Australian Finance Group was established in 1994. For 27 years we have been on a mission to create a fairer financial future for Australians. And that starts with providing our brokers with unwavering support, powerful tools, and passionate expertise to grow their business, their future. Australians trust their brokers with their biggest assets, and in turn, our brokers trust us with theirs.

On this episode of The Grapevine, Kulja and Dylan get on the line with Council to Homeless Persons chief executive, Jenny Smith, to discuss the funding cuts to the From Homelessness to a Home initiative in the Victorian state budget and what that means for homelessness state wide.Then, writer and academic, Dr Adrian De Leon, calls in to talk about the outcome of the Philippines' presidential election and what it means for the nations' democracy. The son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos is positioned to become the country's next president, with his running mate, Sara Duterte, the daughter of current President Rodrigo Duterte, also set to win the vice presidency by a landslide. And the duo behind Melbourne dance house outfit Shouse, Jack Madin and Ed Service, step into the studio ahead of their Melbourne Music Week Extras performance at Melbourne Museum on May  21. They reflect on the experience of their 2017 track 'Love Tonight' becoming a global mega hit during the pandemic, and talk about their future plans. 

Story 1: The Grapple for GroundwaterThe extraction of groundwater that ends up in bottled water is big business for the companies that mine and sell the water. But for residents in the communities where the water is taken from, it's often the cause of concern and controversy. Hear from some of the rural communities who are taking on the industry, over the hidden water beneath our feet.Story 2: The Cost for CareIt's commonly said that Australia has one of the best healthcare systems in the world, but is it leaving some Australians out? Healthcare access is notably different for some Australians, especially in Rural and Regional communities. They not only have less access to important health care but often have to travel far for basic health needs. Hear from Healthcare professionals from various walks of life to hear about the cost for care in rural, regional and metro centres. Story 3: Independent Women With the upcoming federal election, there has been a particular anomaly taking place: ‘Teal' Independents. These independent candidates have been making waves throughout the campaign - and the two major parties are concerned by what the presence of independent candidates within parliament could mean for decision making. Hear Independent candidate for Goldstein, Zoe Daniel, her media advisor, Angela Pippos and social media manager, Olivia Smith discuss their community backed push for independence. Story 4: The Harsh Reality of HomelessnessHomelessness is an experience that can affect anyone at any time. Amidst Victoria's harsh COVID-19 lockdowns, the State government introduced its most successful program to date. However, the funding to the Homeless to a Home program has been cut drastically in this year's state budget. Hear from Jenny Smith, CEO of Council to Homeless Persons to find out more. Producer: Ada HallReporters: Mack Heard, Brigitte Murphy, Maya van Es and Rebecca Chin.

On this week's show we welcome Vicky Vacondios, a community services teacher trainer who is passionate about making a better system based on her lived experience of accessing family violence and housing services as a single mum. Vicky has been a hard worker all her life after growing up in Broady with her Greek family. She became politicised after working as a peer for Council to Homeless Persons, educating service workers about homelessness from her lived experience. Vicky has written a manual based on her experience as both a consumer of and trainer in community services for workers. She is passionate about making sure lived experience is an important part of good service delivery. Thanks so much for being our guest this week, Vicky. You're a legend.

This week, we explore concrete and person to person ways of serving low income people and the homeless. Our guest is Mary Agnes Erlandson. She directs St. Margaret's Center, a program of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles. The Center provides help to about 10,000 unduplicated individuals annually. Over the past 34 years, people with multiple needs have come to the Center for food, shelter, legal, medical, employment, housing, and education services. Erlandson counts on teams of volunteers ranging from active seniors to college students, as well as her small and dedicated staff. We'll be asking the following questions. As always, feel free to add your own.1. Mary Agnes, if we may, you are a native Angeleno. Could you tell us a bit about growing up here?2. You crossed paths with St. John Paul II during his visit to Ecuador in 1985. What memories do you have of that event?3. How did you come to be the director of St. Margaret Center? Could you manage the job without being bilingual?4. Over the past few decades in Los Angeles, you've witnessed so much—and now the Covid pandemic. What impact have these changes had on you and St. Margaret's?5. What factors have led the Center to offer everything from showers for the homeless to medical services, ESL classes, a food pantry, diaper distribution, utility bill relief, and many more?6. Let's talk money. How is St. Margaret's funded?7. Let's talk giving. How did this year's Christmas party go?8. Your work depends on volunteers. Where do they come from and what do they do?9. If you could have a heart to heart conversation with our current crop of political leaders, what would you tell them?10. The best exegesis shows that retirement is not a Biblical concept. So where do you see yourself ten years from now?

Rev. Bill Crews speaks to Katherine McKernan from the Council for Homeless Persons about the dangers presenting the homeless and rough sleepers without shelter and public information about exposure sites during the pandemic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge declares that a mandatory cleanup of homeless persons. Judge mandates the city of LA county to be cleaned up of homeless persons living out on the street. City has a timeframe to get it done. I share my personal story. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ipodcast2020_/support

Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last nine years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at ravkiv@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.

Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last nine years writing and teaching for Dirshu International's Daf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode of Fine Tuned Halacha delves into an important Halachic text and extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at ravkiv@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To round out the front 9 I induct one of my best friends Ben Stone. This episode is brilliant for choppers of all levels. We get introduced to the very first chopper tip "The Dummy". Tune in to find out how it helps you and why he is the self proclaimed "Homeless Persons'" Phil Mickelson. This one is full of plenty of hilarious golf stories.

Rev. Bill Crews speaks to Katherine McKernan from the Council for Homeless Persons about the need for long term housing options for the homeless during the pandemic and winter months. 

Fiona, Shane, Pam and Leonie talk about the year at HAAG and for older people's housing issues more generally. From activist campaigns to Royal Commissions, what did we achieve in 2019 and what remains to be done? As we mentioned on the show, if you're looking for a Christmas lunch, the Council to Homeless Persons has a list of meal services for people experiencing homelessness. They also have a list of services that will be open over the holiday period here. 

In the U.S., a homeless person’s lifespan is 25 years less than average. In this episode, hosts Dr. Ayesha Khan & Dr. Quincy Moore explore how the EM providers can be pivotal in improving health outcomes for those that lack basic shelter with Dr. Kelly Doran and Stephen Brown.   Objectives:   1.     Describe how housing and homelessness affect a person's health and health outcomes 2.     Describe why emergency physicians should be addressing housing and homelessness 3.     Define important terms relevant to housing and homelessness: transient, intermittent, and chronic 4.     Highlight strategies for eliciting key information from patients 5.     Discuss how best to process and address a patient’s housing status in the ED   Additional Resources: Housing and Health: An Overview of Literature https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20180313.396577/full/ https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2011/05/housing-and-health.html Medical Respites https://nhchc.org/clinical-practice/medical-respite-care/ How Can Emergency Departments Help End Homelessness? A Challenge to Social Emergency Medicine https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/journal/1-s2.0-S0196064419311266   Uptodate: Healthcare of Homeless Persons in the United States https://www.uptodate.com/contents/health-care-of-homeless-persons-in-the-united-states?search=homelessness&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~102&usage_type=default&display_rank=1   Take-home points:    1. There are 3 definitions within the category of homelessness.   Transitionally homeless: 80% of homeless individuals in the U.S. Often times these are people who have fallen off the grid maybe due a financial catastrophe and they're mostly back into housing within 3 months.   Episodic homelessness: People that are in and out of housing, couch surfing, or intermittently employed.  Many of the people that age out of foster care belong to this group. There's less known about this population.  Often, they also have a subacute mental illness that make it difficult to get the care they need.   Chronic homelessness: 10% of the overall homeless population, tend to have high comorbidity with psychiatric illness and substance abuse.  They're usually older and they're continually homeless over one year or homeless 4 times in the past 3 years. These tend to be the ones that are most easily identifiable in the ED.   2. With just 10% of homelessness being chronically homeless, we need to do a better job routinely asking people about their housing status.  Possible questions to identify homelessness in your history include: "Where have you been staying at these days?"    Ask a follow-up question like "Is that an apartment?  Someone else's house? A shelter?" 3. When dispositioning your patient, consider the treatment plan and if the patient is in a place they can follow it. Even shelters do not provide 24hour sheltering. Consider medical respite or admission if needed. 4. Half of homelessness is in urban areas, 25% in suburban areas, and 18% in rural areas.   5. Ideally when we think about homelessness, we're trying to address the tri-morbidity of homelessness, substance use, and psychiatric illness.  6. Don't forget, help your patient get undressed and do a physical exam.  It can be dangerous to avoid doing this.   7. This is a difficult population to work with and no one has all the answers including both of our experts, but it's important to recognize how challenging this is and support our especially young providers in trying to treat these patients even when you don't have a ton of resources.  Try to make a difference in policies locally and nationally or even within your hospital to both help the problem and help a little bit with your tolerance of day-to-day frustrations. Connect to partners in the community or the Public Health Department to find collaborators. Emergency physicians really are the experts in homelessness and we can make a big difference in people’s lives.     Contributors:   Crystal Donelan Sonal Batra Dennis Hsieh David Cheever Alexander Ulintz     Guests: Dr. Kelly Doran is an emergency physician and faculty in the NYU School of Medicine Departments of Emergency Medicine and Population Health who studies how healthcare systems can better address homelessness and other social determinants of health. Her research on homelessness has been published extensively and she was previously an advisor to the New York State Department of Health on an innovative program to use Medicaid funds to support housing.   Stephen Brown is a MSW LCSW who is faculty and Director of Preventative Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  After a career in business, he switched gears to work as a social worker in the ED and soon afterward, was promoted to build a program to provide care coordination for high-utilizers of the ED.  He is now the program director for Better Health Through Housing which transitions patients that are chronically homeless into permanent supportive housing. His work on this project has been featured in the Chicago Tribune.

Sacred Heart Mission is so much more than their op shops. Since opening their doors in 1982 to share a meal with the most vulnerable members of the community, they have evolved into an independent non-profit organisation renowned for effectively helping thousands of people experiencing homelessness to rebuild their lives. This week on the podcast we speak to Sacred Heart Mission's CEO Cathy Humphrey. Cathy first joined the Mission in 2002 working across various areas of the Mission including in Aged Care, Sacred Heart Central, Women’s Services and the Rooming House Plus Program. Prior to joining Sacred Heart Mission Cathy worked in the disability, community housing, homelessness sector for over 23 years. Cathy currently sits as a director on the board of Council to Homeless Persons.

Monday Breakfast Rundown 18-11-20197:00    Acknowledgement of Country7:08    We speak with Professor Michael Clarke, Zoologist and Fire Ecologist about the impact of fire on plants and wildlife in Australia and Victoria’s preparedness for the fire season.7: 18   Norwegian company Equinor’s plans to explore for oil in the Great Australian Bight have been knocked back for the second time. We speak with Jeff Hansen, managing Director of Sea Shepherd, about what this means for the Bight and the steps the Great Australian Bight Alliance will be taking to bring community attention to this issue.Below the link to Jeedara, a film about the Bight produced by the Alliance. https://vimeo.com/2715909597:27    Lin Fritschi from Curtin University talks with us about the increase in silicosis in young tradies and the need to ban work on engineered stone bench tops.7:37    Paddy speaks with Damian Paterson from Council to Homeless Persons about residential tenancies legislation7:45    Maria Strong joins us in the studio to catch us up on her recent accomplishment at the para athletics championships in Dubai and her plans for the upcoming Disability Sport and Recreation Festival.8:00    Eddie Synot is an Indigenous academic lawyer and researcher who manages the Indigenous Law Centre at the University of New South Wales. He speaks with us about why the Federal government’s proposed ‘voice to government’ marks a failure to hear Indigenous voices and undermines the Uluru statement from the Heart.8:15    Fiona Patton, leader of the Reason Party, joins us to talk about the bill co-sponsored by the Reason Party and the Greens to introduce a two-year pill testing pilot in Victoria

Nigel Damon from the Council for Homeless Persons joins the show to guest host and share his own story. - We speak with Dr. Colin Mendelsohn from the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA) about the role of vaping nicotine in reducing tobacco related harm, but also the role of regulation on creating strange public health scenarios, where idealism tramples pragmatism.Ash was in Sydney for the Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) event

This week Kulja and Dylan speak with Jenny Smith from The Council for Homeless Persons about the recent announcement of a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry.Then, directors Josh Cable and Marcus Cobbledick come on the show to talk about their new film at MIFF, Collingwood: From The Inside Out.Finally, Sally Rippin and Jane Sullivan come on the show talk about Jane's book, Storytime.

How big is Australia’s affordable housing challenge and what can we do about it?Dr Kate Raynor contrasts current affordability challenges with those of past decades, and explores the merits of various global approaches to make housing more affordable, especially for those on low incomes. Kate Colvin has worked in the community housing sector for more than two decades and provides insights into how the sector has approached the challenges of housing and homelessness.Kate Raynor is from the Affordable Housing Imitative at the University of Melbourne.Kate Colvin is Deputy CEO of the Council to Homeless Persons and a spokesperson for the Everybody’s Home Campaign.This episode presents highlights from a public talk, hosted by the Brotherhood of St Laurence Research and Policy Centre in March 2019.Duration: 50 mins 50 secsPublished/Podcast: August 2019Producers: Aysha Zackariya and Sharon LeeMusic: Lee RosevereTranscript: Affordable Housing in Australia podcast transcript (296KB PDF)Brotherhood Talks is a podcast by the Brotherhood of St Laurence, a community organisation working towards an Australia free of poverty. Listen to experts discuss a wide range of issues of key importance in overcoming the challenge of poverty and disadvantage in Australia.Find us online at www.bsl.org.au/brotherhoodtalks, subscribe for more episodes and join the conversation on social at #BSLtalks.

Monday 8th July 2019  Jenny Smith - Jenny Smith, CEO of  Council to Homeless Persons (CHP) on ending homelessness in Victoria and highlighting the gross representation of indigenous people experiencing homelessness.  Richard Tanter - Professor Richard Tanter from the Nautilus Institute for Secuirty and Sustainabilit,talks about the Australia-US alliance, the late Malcolm Fraser's book Dangerous Allies and the presence of a Chinese AGI vessel in international waters closeby.  Denis Muller - Dr Denis Muller from the Centre for Advancing Journalism at University of Melbourne on why he believes letting the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligience and Security (PJCIS) conduct an inquiry on press freedom is "letting the fox guard the henhouse"  Liam O'brien - Liam O'Brien from the ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions) talks about the arrest of chairman, Kim Myung-hwan, of the KCTU (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions) on June 21 following workers pay protests in South Korea.  Po Po Mo Co - Kimberly Twiner from the comedy theatre group Po Po Mo Co talk about their performance Once Upon a Drag Storytime at Footscray Community Arts Centre on July 13th.  MUSIC:No Fixed Address - We have survivedBriggs - HereMojo Ju Ju - Native TongueRuby Hunter - Ngarrindjeri Woman

Ãine Ní Tighearnaigh chats with Jenny Smith, Chair of Homelessness Australia, the national peak for the homeless about the homelessness crisis in our country today. Jenny is also CEO of the Council of Homeless Persons, the Victorian peak body for homeless people. Our conversation is focused on the factors that contribute to the homelessness crisis, housing affordability and the solutions we have within our grasp. Transforming Perceptions bringing you news, views, updates and diverse perspectives on social, emotional and mental well-being from the lived and living experience, community, multicultural and mainstream mental health sectors, and music from round the world.

Colum and Jordan are joined by underground Hip Hop Artist M.C Yin who shares some wild stories about growing up in the Bronx, Knowing Cardi B before she was famous and how Bizarre scams young up-and-coming rappers.    Follow the hosts instagrams: @columtyrrell, @jayraybould. Todays guest: M.C yin Fan out the show? Check out the social media accounts here: Instagram Twitter You can watch full episode footage on the networks youtube channel here: Youtube

Acknowledgement of CountryJenni Smith from Council to Homeless Persons joins us to discuss Youth Homelessness Day 2019Andy Farrell lets us know about the new (Australia-first!) Queer Indigenous studies units at Macquarie UniversityYorta Yorta musician, composer and climate justice activist Allara Briggs-Pattison joins us in the studio to discuss her soon-to-be-released documentary 'Beautiful Sunshine'We talk with Farhad Bandesh, Kurdish artist amd refugee who has been cruelly and unjustly imprisoned on Manus Island by the Australian Government for nearly six years, about the upcoming launch of his music video 'The Big Exhale' at Black Dot Gallery, with collaborator Jenell Quinsee Report back from the vigil marking the 28th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the urgent need to repeal the 'offence' of public drunkennessSongsAllara - Wala is LifeFarhad Bandesh - Flee from War (Our Rights) Kaylah Truth - Wave Sophiegrophy - Baby Let$ Fly

Thursday Breakfast 7 Feb 2019 7.00 am  Acknowledgement of Country7.10 am Jenny Smith, CEO of Council to Homeless Persons, on the importance of addressing homelessness in the Victorian Royal Commission into Mental Health and the increasing number of workers seeking homelessness assistance because wages aren’t keeping up with housing costs.7.30 am Julia Kretzenbacher, Vice President of Liberty Victoria, on the proposed spent convictions bill introduced by the Reason Party leader Fiona Patten this week.7:50 am Headlines and community announcements8.10 am Rene Woods, Nari Nari man and Chairperson Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) on Indigenous water rights, the importance of cultural flows and overturning aqua nullius.   8.30 am End Songs (such great new tracks!!) P-Unique and Krown   Change BIRDZ ft. Ecca Vandal  Place of DreamsBaker Boy Cool as HellLady Lash Nightlounge 3ØØØ 

Excerpts from 3CR Community Radio's Monday Breakfast || Weribee River Keeper John Forrest talks to us about a campaign to institute rights for the Maribyrnong and Weribee Rivers || Kate Colvin of the Council to Homeless Persons tells us about the CHP's State Budget Submission that includes a recommendation to use Victoria's $6.57B stamp duty revenue for building social housing || This week, Over The Wall discusses issues for homeless people when applying for housing and other services || Glen Todd, a cyber-security consultant and trainer tells us why you should delete the Facebook app and gives us an idea of what kind of services are available to activists concerned about staying safe online || We listen back to the protest outside the detention centre in Broadmeadows (MITA) and hear from organisers and citizens fighting the deportation order of Santharupan, a Tamil asylum seeker who may face torture and forced disappearance on return to Sri Lanka

Presenters: Dean Shingange, Grace Bigby, Scheherazade Bloul.  Producer: Bernadette Jurik.  Guests: Elaine Pearson, Chris Atmore,Jenny Smith & Jessica MorrisonRoger Waters speaking in Melbourne! - TICKET GIVEAWAY WhenFebruary 9th, 2018 7:45 PM   through   9:30 PMLocation: Athenaeum Theatre - 188 Collinst St, Melbourne Event Fee - $20.00Congratulations to the two winners of double passes to The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network's event this Friday.  Elaine Pearson (@pearsonElaine) - Director of Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch about a new report into experiences of people with disabilities in prisonChris Atmore -(@chrisPolicy) - Lawyer with Environmental Justice Australia - Western suburbs residents will take the expansion of the Werribee landfill to VCAT after the tribunal refused to uphold Wyndham City Council’s attempt to have residents’ application dismissed. She will update us on the situationJenny Smith - CEO, Council to Homeless Persons - Victoria’s peak body for homelessness has welcomed the Victorian Government’s plans to revitalise the Markham public housing estate in Ashburton, turning vacant land into 200 units, two-thirds of which would be social and affordable housing. The most recent DHHS rent report showed that just 6% of all private rentals in metro Melbourne are affordable to someone on a low income. --- ALSO: Has warned that a flood of people will be turning to homelessness services for help, if a controversial Welfare Reform Bill passes through Parliament this week. Welfare Reform package includes a raft of measures designed to strip Centrelink payments from many people who are already on the brink of homelessness. The package includes proposals that will blow out the length of time people wait before receiving payments, and remove income protection measures for women trying to flee family violenceJessica Morrison - Executive Officer - Australia Palestine Advocacy Network - TICKET GIVEAWAY- The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network is a civil society coalition advocating for peace and justice in Palestine/Israel based on UN resolutions and international/humanitarian law - Jessica will promote event on Friday Roger Waters in discussion with Palestinian-Australian author and activist Randa Abdel-Fattah and Jewish-Australian author and activist Antony Loewenstein.  

Community members gathered Thursday evening at the First Presbyterian Church for the second annual Homeless Persons' Vigil. The event remembers homeless people throughout Union County who died during the past year. The event is organized by a number of non-profit and inter-faith groups, including Cranford's Monarch Housing Associates. Prior to the service Cranford Radio spoke with four people involved with the event, Rev. Caroline Unzaga, Associate Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church; Amy Jones, Manager of Volunteer Engagement for Family Promise; Linda Flores-Tober, Executive Director of the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless and Nicole Allen, who once was homeless.

This week on Women on the Line we bring you a selection of interviews from 3CR Community Radio’s Breakfast Current Affairs presenters Ayaan Shirwa, Rachida Benamar, and Ruby Schwartz.  We’ll hear Ayaan speak with Lara Watson about the First Nations Workers Alliance, and then interview Nyomba Gaṉḏaŋu from the Yolnju Nations Assembly about the impact of more than ten years of the Northern Territory Emergency response. We'll also hear Rachida speaking with Jenny Smith, CEO of the Council to Homeless Persons about NIMBYism in relation to social housing, and Ruby interview Hannah McCann, Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Melbourne about a feminist wikipedia edit-a-thon.First Nations Workers Alliance https://fnwa.org.au/Yolnju Nations Assembly http://www.yolngunations.org/Council to Homeless Persons http://chp.org.au/researcHERs at University of Melbourne Wikipedia edit-a-thon http://library.unimelb.edu.au/research/researcher-library-week/researcHERs-@-UoM-Wikipedia-edit-athon

Marius, Melissa and Sarah reflect on the highlights of this year's Human Rights Conference, and the themes of the day, including fear, violence and intersectionality (!). They also chat about two big issues at the moment - marriage equality and free speech - before ending with the hero and villain of the week and "Did You See That?". --- This episode’s Community Partner is the Council to Homeless Persons, whose representative Kate Colvin spoke at our recent conference. The Council is the peak body of the Victorian homelessness sector, and its mission is to end homelessness through policy and campaigning. Right now, it is working with Christine Thirkell, a woman who has had multiple experiences of homelessness, to launch a petition calling for 100,000 new affordable homes. We strongly encourage you to sign it at endthehousingcrisis.org.au/100khomes. And we’ll put that link on our podcast website.

Cath Flanagan, RDNS Homeless Persons Program community nurse, on being named 2015 Community Oral Health Champion at the annual Dental Health Services Victoria awards.

Vince O'Neil discusses his work with the MI Fellowship Doorway housing and support program, shares his lived experience of homelessness as a Vietnam veteran and his work with the Homeless Persons' Union Victoria.

Explores clinicians’ preparedness to provide care, and the steps taken to overcome shortcomings in clinical training in regard to the social determinants of health.