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12/30/2010 10:53:25 AM
It is with great regret, actually, that we mark the one-year anniversary of One Step Away.I don’t regret for one minute the decision I made to start a homeless newspaper in Philadelphia, to support it and publish it at Resources for Human Development. RHD is a national human services ...
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12/6/2010 1:16:50 PM
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke finally acknowledged an issue I've written about a great deal in this space: Growing income inequality in this country is harmful to our society and is hurting our economy. Welcome aboard, Ben. Good to have you ...Bernanke said he believes the growing income gap ...
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12/1/2010 3:10:41 PM
Our Recovery Advocates group strives to make sure that our consumers and our clients have a voice not just at the program level, but at the corporate level. If you’re receiving services in our programs, we want you to have a voice in your recovery – and, indeed, in what ...
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11/9/2010 3:02:55 PM
The crowd that stared back at the mayor and I was overwhelming, as we addressed the Extending a Helping Hand Career Fair Nov. 5. It was the largest all-purpose job fair for homeless and ex-offenders the city had ever seen, bringing together not only dozens of employers committed to hiring ...
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10/28/2010 9:40:37 AM
I'm still astounded at the way the Philadelphia community has rallied and supported One Step Away, the street paper we publish. One Step Away is produced by the homeless men, women and even children in our city's shelters and it's a voice of advocacy for people who so desperately need ...
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10/25/2010 12:38:55 PM
I write a lot about income inequality in this space. I don't know whether it makes a dent, whether people understand how dire the situation is and how severe this problem is for our economy, for our citizens and for our country.The things is, every time I think I've ...
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10/15/2010 11:46:35 AM
My first reaction to hearing that RHD was the best place to work was: Tell me something I don’t know …This week, Resources for Human Development won the Gold Medal in the Philadelphia Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” contest. It’s a wonderful honor, and certainly a nice ...
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9/28/2010 3:39:42 PM
A child showed us the way, as usual.“Rosa’s Law,” which will eliminate the word “retarded” from federal legislation, has passed both houses of Congress and now heads to the desk of President Barack Obama, where he’s expected to sign it quickly. The legislation changes the phrase “mentally retarded” to ...
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9/23/2010 9:08:42 AM
Sue Acklen is the program director of our Lehigh Valley Assertive Community Treatment program. Lehigh Valley ACT is a recovery-focused, multidisciplinary, assertive community treatment teams provide intensive, individual support in overcoming the barriers the recovery of a person with mental illness. The focus on recovery allows individuals to remain in ...
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9/2/2010 3:58:13 PM
I recently found an easy way to address one new piece of the financial regulations imposed by the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, and I hope to share it here to help lessen the burden on our nation’s CEOs.Companies will now be required to disclose in their proxy statements the ...