by majorconversion | Dec 22, 2020 | General
Working together to make a difference! By Rev. Mark J. Niznik, Pastor and overseer of the program I’ve been with the children and families who are recipients of our program since 2006. Too often, there is a decline in self-respect resulting from the lack of access to...
by majorconversion | Aug 18, 2021 | General
The Supreme Court of the state of Washington recently issued a major decision, protecting homeless people living in vehicles against just having their cars towed away from municipal areas. This landmark case may help our overall homeless population nationally. The...
by majorconversion | Jul 13, 2021 | General
As we are in the middle of Summer, homeless school children and their families have the added pressures of rolling heat, humidity, and storm activity; especially in Florida. Unfortunately, our “Sunshine State” at this time also endures its hurricane season. Hurricane...
by majorconversion | Jun 14, 2021 | General
Last week, a homeless woman I know came by with her uncle, driving a 1980 something beat-up old truck with many living materials in the back. She has a child, and I packed up some personal care items because that’s what I do. She wasn’t with her child at that moment...
by majorconversion | May 6, 2021 | General
In a previous blog, I reported over 400,000 former homeless students fell off the grid and unable to receive much-needed student services because they could not enroll in the 2020-2021 school year. Now, there are multi-state programs designed for locating and...
by majorconversion | Apr 26, 2021 | General
As we see a national slowing of the spread of COVID-19, the fallout has severely affected homelessness. As we have seen the number of homeless students on the rise before the pandemic during the 2019-2020 school year, the current state of homelessness for these...
by majorconversion | Mar 25, 2021 | General
Today, our homeless population in America is similar to a third-world country. This fact is both sad and scary if we have any compassion in our souls. It’s easy to see why this situation is tragic. But let’s look a little deeper at the problem. Have you...
by majorconversion | Mar 12, 2021 | General
With such limited access to health care, homeless kids and their families have more significant health challenges than kids with a home. Homeless children also may deal with mental health problems that go untreated due to homeless student isolation. We have seen what...
by majorconversion | Mar 7, 2021 | General
We desire to connect with others online or in person. Unfortunately, achieving this is so much more difficult for homeless children, especially at the high school level. As COVID still keeps students isolated in many ways, homeless students without a permanent home...
by majorconversion | Feb 21, 2021 | General
I hear some of the most heartbreaking things when I advocate for homeless kids is COVID-19. Some people say unhelpful things like, “If COVID is so bad, then why aren’t there thousands of homeless people dead on the streets?!” I’m not going to give any more examples of...
by majorconversion | Jan 27, 2021 | General
A short time ago, I saw a homeless person on a bench using an old cell phone… for what purpose, I have no idea, because it was none of my business. He looked to be about 60 years old. I also saw and overheard a small group of younger people walk by who decided it was...
