Word: homelessness
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Klasen explained that he saw the risk of undercounting the homeless and thus allocating too little money in aid as a potentially serious problem...
...generally a good idea. A very good idea, but there are potential drawbacks," said Stephan J. Klasen '91 who works with the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) Committee on the Homeless...
Counting the homeless is another complicated and controversial plan for this year's census...
...counting of the homeless will be conducted in three phases. In the first phase, census representative will go to shelters in the early evening. The second phase will be conducted in cooperation with area police, who will help census enumerators find areas frequented by the homeless. The final step will involve searching abandoned buildings in the early morning...
Some student activists who work with the homeless are concerned that the attempts to count these people may not be effective. There are homeless estimates that range from 300,000 to over six million and the results of the census will play a definitive role on the funding of programs...