More Resources

Homelessness Is a Poverty Issue. Be Informed.

Recommended Web Sites for Additional Information:

Poverty:
www.kidscanmakeadifference.or
www.solvingpoverty.org

Hunger:
www.oregonhunger.org
www.oregonfoodbank.org
www.usda.gov search word: “hunger”

Homelessness:
www.endhomelessness.org
www.hud.gov
www.ich.org
www.nlchp.org
www.homelessness.change.org

Recommended Reading:

Children’s Books:
Home is Where We Live… Jane Hertensten
Changing Places: A Kid’s View of Shelter Living… Judy Wallace
Monkey Island… Paula Fox
Trevor’s Place… Frank & Judy Ferrell, & Edward Wakin
Voices of Homeless Children… Judith Berck

Adults:
Out of Sight, Out of Mind… Yvonne M. Vissing
Without a Net… Michelle Kennedy
The Working Poor… David K. Shipler
One Nation Underprivileged… Mark Rank
Class Matters… Correspondents of The New York Times

Community Solutions:

We have just begun the planning process of our local Regional 10 Year Strategy to End Homelessness. For more information on 10 Year Plans visit:
www.ehac.oregon.gov
www.ich.gov
www.serve.org
www.endinghomelessness.org

Additional Proposed Local Solutions:

Local Street newspaper based on Portland’s “Street Roots”
Local Youth Resource Center and Outreach Program, based on “Maslo Project” Medford, Oregon