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POLICY CHANGE FOR MAIL (GENERAL DELIVERY) AT HELPING HANDS OF SPRINGFIELD

Effective July 1, 2020, Helping Hands will no longer serve as a “general delivery” addres

POLICY CHANGE for Helping Hands IDs

Effective July 1, 2020, Helping Hands will no longer provide “Helping Hands” personal identification cards. We are discontinuing this serv

Yoda Wisdom for Shelter and Housing

Well-run emergency shelters are an essential part of a successful strategy to reduce homelessness.

What to give a person holding a cardboard sign

It’s the number one question I’m asked about homelessness: “Should I give money to those people who hold cardboard signs on the street corne

Want to Reduce Homelessness? Treat It Like Heart Disease

Homelessness can be a chronic condition that operates much as heart disease does; the term doesn’t describe a universal experience.

Why “Get A Job!” Often Doesn’t Work for Homelessness

Our job – as an agency and a community – is to try to help people untangle their knot and get their lives back.

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