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Unleashing Fearsome Force to Help Homeless Kids
Congress Beware! The Nuns Are Coming!
It’s been 12 long years since we first saw the common sense, bipartisan Homeless Children and Youth Act introduced in Congress. This legislation makes it possible for families and youth on their own to get help to end their homelessness. But that doesn’t seem to be important, so as an advocate who’s been on this case from the beginning, I’m pulling out all stops by enlisting a secret weapon — nuns from across the country.
I’m president and founder of HEAR US Inc., a national nonprofit organization advocating for families and youth experiencing homelessness. Right now I’m in the midst of traveling on what I’ve dubbed HEAR US 2020 VisionQuest, following Rt. 20 across the top of the country and I-20 in the south to raise awareness about this mostly invisible population which has seen explosive growth in the past decade. For the past 14 years I’ve been living in a van, criss-crossing the country chronicling family and youth homelessness.
