{"id":2438,"date":"2020-12-01T15:32:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2020-12-01T15:32:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:32:23","slug":"homeless-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2438","title":{"rendered":"Homeless for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/homeless-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/homeless-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/homeless-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/homeless-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/homeless-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/homeless-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>&#8230;at the shelter                                                        photo by Joe  (pre-pandemic photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I did an update article on a homeless shelter called <strong>City Mission<\/strong> in nearby Findlay, Ohio.  (I did the initial article some three years ago.)  The title of that article that came out last week:  <strong>Homeless for the Holidays<\/strong>.  The shelter has a capacity for 109 people &#8212; singles, families, etc.  What&#8217;s more, people can stay up to nine months, or sometimes even more.  And the facility offers a creative amalgam of addiction recovery options, mental health counseling, education, job training&#8230;  It&#8217;s actually a pretty comprehensive safety net &#8212; and the facility takes no federal\/state funds.  It&#8217;s <strong>Christian based<\/strong> and relies on donations from local churches, from individuals, and so on.  <strong>Note:<\/strong>  Our administration would use this program as a model that could be replicated in every county in the country.  Instead of <strong>&#8220;three hots and a cot,&#8221;<\/strong> as it is colloquially referred to, it&#8217;s these types of comprehensive programs that go a long way in helping those who want it, really get back on their feet.  For a look at other models we&#8217;ve researched across the country to help people get out of poverty in general, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/poverty\">see&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did an update article on a homeless shelter called City Mission in nearby Findlay, Ohio. (I did the initial article some three years ago.) The title of that article that came out last week: Homeless for the Holidays. The <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2438\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}