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FWD CC Replies to nlchp@nlchp.org National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty - request for information
Dear Mr. Boland:
Please consider the following for posting on HPN. You posted our previous request for information about people's experiences with food stamps and we received several helpful responses.
Thanks! Katie McGovern National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty __________
Monitoring Projects on Barriers that Prevent Homeless Individuals from Accessing Federal Food Stamp Benefits & Local Opposition to Food Services for Homeless Individuals
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty would appreciate your help with two new monitoring projects. Each project is briefly described below, but please contact Amanda Harrod at the Law Center by email at nlchp@nlchp.org, by phone at 202-638-2535, or by fax at 202-628-2737 for more information.
To increase the number of eligible homeless people who are receiving food stamps, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty would like your assistance in identifying the barriers that prevent homeless people from accessing food stamp benefits. We are collecting studies and information gathered by local groups regarding barriers encountered by homeless individuals trying to obtain food stamps, such as limited access to information regarding eligibility requirements. We will compile our findings into a report on the extent and kinds of barriers homeless individuals around the country face. The report will be used to assist local advocates, press for better policies, and protect the rights of homeless people.
The Law Center has also launched a new project to monitor the nature and
extent of local opposition to food service programs (soup kitchens, mobile feeding vans, religious or church based feeding programs, etc.) from neighbors and/or local governments who object to the presence of such programs in their communities. Opposition to shelter and services for homeless people and efforts to exclude such facilities from local communities based on the Not In My Backyard (or "NIMBY") syndrome are increasingly common across the U.S. NIMBY opposition occurs despite a tremendous need for services for homeless and low-income people in many communities.
The Law Center needs your help to gather information about NIMBY opposition food service providers face. We are also interested in learning of programs that have successfully avoided or overcome such opposition and the strategies used in these achievements. If you know of instances in which a food service program for homeless or low-income people has experienced NIMBY opposition, contact Amanda Harrod at:
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty 918 F Street NW Suite 412 Washington, DC 20004 202-638-2535 (phone); 202-628-2737 (fax) Email: nlchp@nlchp.org Website: http://www.nlchp.org
Thank you for your help!
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