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Helping Hands Names Laura Davis Executive Director

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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

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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

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Yoda Wisdom for Shelter and Housing

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

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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

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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.

Helping Hands of Springfield

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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