You just lost your job! Can you make it through the month?

Hunger Task Force serves more than 48,000 meals per month at our soup kitchens; helps more than 29,000 people receive emergency food at our pantries each month, and distributes nearly 9,000 Stockboxes a month to senior citizens in Milwaukee County. How do so many people need help? Put yourself in their shoes and find out! Play the online game SPENT to see what it is like to make hard, life-changing choices just to survive and feed your family. See if you can make it through the month!

Share your results with your friends!

Get involved here in CLE:

• Join us for a Sunday serving the homeless.
• Collect hygiene items and send to Darlene.
• Contact Lighthouse, Inc. to help out on a Saturday with Heaventrain or ask for some other option.
• Check the CLE City Mission for ideas.
• Visit the CLE Food bank.

Hitting Hard Times

After a period of homelessness as a young teenager, Aaron Boyar was finally taken in by a loving family, and then hard times hit. Listen to an inteview between Aaron and 60 Minutes Scott Pelley below:



60 minutes web extra--March 6, 2011

Finding Strength while Homeless

Tiffany Langhorn's parents lost their jobs and the family is now homeless, but the honors student says the experience has made her stronger and more responsible.  Listen to her story as Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes interviews her.

60 Minutes Segment Extras--March 6, 2011

The Hidden America

A 60 Minute Overtime Extra. . . March 6, 2011 6:42 PM

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60 Minutes sum up theeconomy with numbers: the Dow Jones Average, the unemployment rate, the price of a gallon of gas. During the country's recent recession, Scott Pelley and his "60 Minutes" team of producers and editors have worked to put faces in front of those numbers and tell the stories of the men, women, and children who have suffered in the economic decline.

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Watch Scott Pelley's report

"60 Minutes Overtime" talked with Pelley and associate producer Nicole Young about their passion for working on these stories and the unforgettable moments they've experienced along the way.

Homeless in America

For some children, socializing and learning are being cruelly complicated by homelessness, as Scott Pelley reports from Florida, where school buses now stop at motels for children who've lost their homes.

Read more: 

View the 60 minutes presentation on March 6, 2011 below.



Even looks like you now have the option to dowload through the itunes store.

Homeless Students of OH

Okay,  so the Facebook post about American Homeless students (RT, June 18,2011) peaked my interest.



So off to google,  search Cleveland OH homeless students.  Need to put the OH in there or  end up  with Cleveland Tennessee results!  WOW a boat load of information.

First thing that catches my eye-- ODE, Homeless Students: Ohio Department of Education.   Well we have enough in Ohio for a whole section to be dedicated them in the ADMINISTRATION area at that.  There sections seems to be providing resources and facts to all admininistrators in schools throughout Ohio about a particular act of federal legislation--Any child lacking a fixed, regular or adequate residence, protected by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which allows enrollment of homeless students in their schools of origin or district of residence, despite a lack of records.  The overview page had lots of referring links and of course as well as a   new phrase to look up too--McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

Homeless Education is a collaboration between McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance,  Title 1 and the No Child Left Behind Title 10c. There is actually a 12 minute online training session that take you through all the different connections for any who are interested.  Also at the document library,  there was a form all districts must download that collects data for homeless students in the districts, excluding preschoolers.   


The downloadable posters at the National Center for Homeless Education are a tad more informative.  Click here to download a copy.  The text of the poster is copied below.

If you live in any of the following situations:

• Inashelter,motel,vehicle,orcampground 
• On the street 
• Inanabandonedbuilding,trailer,orotherinadequateaccommodations,or • Doubled up with friends or relatives because you cannot find or afford housing.



Then, you have certain rights or protections under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act.


You have the right to:
• Go to school, no matter where you live or how long you have lived there.You must be given access to the same public education provided to other students.
• Continueintheschoolyouattendedbeforeyoubecamehomeless or the school you last attended, if that is your choice and is feasible. The school district’s local liaison for homeless education must assist you, if needed, and offer you the right to appeal a decision regarding your choice of school if it goes against your wishes.
• Receivetransportationtotheschoolyouattendedbeforeyou became homeless or the school you last attended, if you request such transportation.
• Attendaschoolandparticipateinschoolprogramswithstudents who are not homeless. Students cannot be separated from the regular school program because they are homeless.
• Enrollinschoolwithoutgivingapermanentaddress.Schools cannot require proof of residency that might prevent or delay school enrollment.
• Enrollandattendclasseswhiletheschoolarrangesforthetransfer of school and immunization records or any other documents required for enrollment.
• Enrollandattendclassesintheschoolofyourchoiceevenwhile the school and you seek to resolve a dispute over enrollment.
• Receivethesamespecialprogramsandservices,ifneeded,as provided to all other students served in these programs.
• Receivetransportationtoschoolandtoschoolprograms.
When you move, you should do the following:

• Contact the school district’s local liaison for homeless education (see phone number below) for help in enrolling in a new school or arranging to continue in your former school. (Or, someone at a shelter, social services office, or the school can direct you to the person you need to contact.)
• Tell your teachers anything that you think they need to know to help you in school.
• Ask thelocal liaison for homeless education,theshelter provider, or a social worker for assistance with clothing and supplies, if needed.

If you need further assistance, call the NationalCenterforHomelessEducation at the toll-free HelpLine number: 1-800-308-2145

Hygiene Items Needed!

Summer has arrived and hygiene items are flying out of our tubs!

If you can help with any or all of the items below,  please contact Darlene Yeater as soon as possible.

• travel/trial sized Shampoo
• travel/trial sized conditioner
• travel/trial sized Hand/body lotion
• Travel size soaps
• travel/trial sized mouth wash
• travel/trial sized toothpaste
• Toothbrushes
• travel/trial sized deoderants
• bandaids
• Suntan Lotion
• Bug Repellant Spray
• Pocket Tissues

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