CHICAGO CARTOONIST SCOTT NYCHAY - HOMELESS FATHER ART TALENT LEGACY

"Any time it would get cold I would think of him."

STORM SANDY - THOUSANDS WILL GET A FEELING FOR WHAT HOMELESS MEANS

As Storm Sandy threatens -

We were thinking about how thousands of people have evacuated to shelters to avoid the worst of it.  Like other Natural Disasters, there's a good chance that hundreds may become homeless, loose everything, and have to relocate.

Here in Southern California we've met and talked to some of the people who were resettled here after Natural Disasters.  Many of them were shocked by how high prices are here, rents, food, car insurance, all of it much higher than the places in New Orleans and Texas that they came from.  Some of us wondered how or why they got settled in Southern California.

We hope those of you in the path of this storm will be able to stay home and stay safe and that in a week or two you will have your electricity back, your fridge running, and be back to work and school. 

We hope you will think of the homeless who have no home to go back to, who cook in the park on a BBQ or eat uncooked canned food right out of the can, who can't shower every day or very often at all, who are cold at night every night in the back of their trucks, who linger in malls for the heat, whose children go to school from motel rooms and camp grounds, and who are ignored, rejected, and often abused by the HAVES.

BUTTERFLIES BROWN and BEIGE

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BESSIE SMITH SINGS MEAN OLD BED BUG BLUES - THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO THE SHELTER THAT'S BEEN BATTLING BED BUGS FOR YEARS!

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YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

January 2015.  This video replaces the expired one that featured the song by Ernest Tubb

BLACK PURPLE AND BLUE BUTTERFLY

 Now that you're here at EXPOSE HOMELESSNESS, we hope you will take a few minutes to read more of our blog.  Besides current posts we have an amazing archive and links to many other citizen activist bloggers.

ARE YOU ABLE TO AFFORD THE GAS TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE?

With gas prices so high a lot of people are leaving their cars at home and taking public transportation to cut their bills. 


If you're living in your vehicle you usually have to move it, at least from one side of the road to the other.  We know one person who is having friends push his van from one side of the road to the other because he doesn't have the money for gas.  He's trying to avoid citations.

MARK HORVATH INTERVIEWS KAREN COUNTRYMAN - ROSWURM on THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF HOMELESS YOUTH

Karen Countryman-Roswurm: Sexual Exploitation Of Homeless Youth - Wichita Kansas to Hollywood ? Wichita is a prime resource for sex traffickers to find youth to exploit.

What about their parents? 40% of kids aren't even reported missing.

98% were sexually abused as children. Came from violent homes. Separation from family due to job loss and other factors.

COLORING BOOK BUTTERFLY (2) FOR OUR HOMELESS CHILDREN

ARE THOSE MONARCHS?

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SAUDI ARABIA, CANADA, GABON READ EXPOSE HOMELESSNESS

We noticed in Google Statistics that we're getting about 2800 or more hits a month lately and that at least one person in these countries is reading us frequently or several people are reading us.

We would like to know more about your interest in our site, how homelessness is in your country, what social services there are - if any, and what percentage of the population in your country is living below the "poverty level," i.e. poor! 

Thanks!

NORTH HOLLYWOOD INTERFAITH FOOD BANK - JEWISH JOURNAL

"The bags are moved by pickup truck to the church’s former nursery school annex, where the pantry distributes more than 5.5 tons of food every month on an annual budget of about $70,000. Every Monday and Friday morning, starting at 7:30, families come to the door, some from close by and others from as far away as Santa Clarita. There, they meet volunteers like Rabinowitz and a rotating roster of children and teens who come to lend their hands."

North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry

4387 Troost Avenue Studio City, CA 91604

(818) 760-3575

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY RESCUE MISSION - BREAKING GROUND IN NORTHRIDGE

SHOWER TRUCKS... very appreciated.
THRIFT STORES... good deal all around.
Note: This is a Christian organization.

San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission
13422 Saticoy Street
North Hollywood, CA 91605
(818) 785-4476

Outreach Schedule:

Monday - Chatsworth
Chatsworth Foursquare Church
10210 Canoga Ave. (Cross street Lemarsh St.)
Showers: 8:30 - 10:30 am
Meal: Noon - 1:00 pm

Tuesday - North Hollywood1st Baptist Church of North Hollywood
11210 Ostego St. (Near Lankershim Blvd.)
Showers: 7:30 - 10:15 amMeal: 10:30 - 11:30 am

Wednesday - Reseda Zoe Christian Church
7143 Baird Ave. (1 block west of Reseda, cross street Sherman Way)
Showers: 8:30 - 10:30 amMeal: Noon - 1:00 pm

Thursday - Van NuysCentral Lutheran Church (Lutheran Social Services)
6425 Tyrone Ave. (Corner of Victory Blvd., 2 blocks east of Van Nuys Blvd.)
Showers: 8:30 - 10:30 am
Meal: Noon - 1:00 pm

Friday - Winnetka
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
8520 Winnetka Ave.(Across from the Winnetka Park, cross street - Chase Street)
Showers: 8:30 - 10:30 amMeal: Noon - 1:00 pm

Saturday - Van NuysVan Nuys Civic Center (In front of the Probation Office)
(Sylvan St. between Van Nuys Blvd. and Sylmar Ave.)
Showers: Not Available
Meal: 4:00 pm

SEX TRAFFICKING IN LOS ANGELES - FIVE TO TEN GIRLS MAKING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND EACH FOR THE PIMP

In Los Angeles County, girls, as young as 11 or 12, are being bought and sold on the streets as prostitutes. These young girls are being manipulated by pimps and put on the streets to make money. A trafficker can make over $140,000 annually off of one girl and most have more than one girl in their stable. MANIPULATED is a gritty and real look at this issue that is not just happening "over there."

JUVENILES ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE A PIMP