'Las familias vienen a nuestro punto de acceso a las 4:30 ende un viernes y dicen: 'No tengo a dónde ir el fin de semana con mis dos bebés''. - Hope Kamer, Compass Family Services 🎙️📝 Madison Alvarado #Podcast FaithinActionBayArea CARECENSF SF Dept. of Homelessness & Supportive Housing Ahsha Safai 安世輝 London Breed

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While #SF media outlets were focused this week on the #SCOTUS case, THIS #homelessness story flew under their radar. By Madison Alvarado

City Hall will offer new help to some unhoused migrant families, as the rest languish. sfpublicpress.org/sf-to-offer-so…

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Amid an influx of unhoused migrant families, #SF 's homelessness department will expand its hotel voucher program to give ~100-150 families temporary stays in the next year.

That will fall short of addressing the full need. 📝By Madison Alvarado

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Welcome Audrey Me Yi Brown! They are joining our newsroom and will report on environmental health equity and corporate accountability. Report for America, The GroundTruth Project

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In #SF , service providers have seen a recent increase in the number of #homeless migrant families seeking shelter. They say the city’s temporary housing system is straining, and often failing, to receive them. 📝By Madison Alvarado

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En nuestro último informe: Las muertes por sobredosis en la comunidad maya de San Francisco revelan por qué es crucial contar con servicios de salud para drogas culturalmente sensibles para remediar este problema urgente. #SaludDrogas #ComunidadMaya

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A growing dispute among #SF #Chinatown businesses is temporarily quelled, following a decision to limit outdoor events with amplified sound. By Zhe Wu

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Las muertes por sobredosis entre los mayas de San Francisco están en aumento, demonstrando la necesidad de servicios de salud culturalmente competentes. Informamos sobre los esfuerzos para hacer cambio. #CrisisDrogas #AcciónComunitaria

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Lee nuestra última historia para descubrir cómo las disparidades lingüísticas afectan a los indígenas mayas de San Francisco y por qué son esenciales los servicios de salud que sean culturalmente competentes. #Fentanilo #AccesoLinguístico

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Merchants in #SF #Chinatown are opposing a potential expansion of outdoor events along a major tourist artery, saying that it would disrupt business. By Zhe Wu
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“Families are coming to our access point at 4:30 on a Friday and saying, ‘I have nowhere to go for the weekend with my two infants.’” -Hope Kamer, Compass Family Services

🎙️📝Madison Alvarado

#Podcast FaithinActionBayArea CARECENSF SF Dept. of Homelessness & Supportive Housing Ahsha Safai 安世輝 London Breed

“Families are coming to our access point at 4:30 on a Friday and saying, ‘I have nowhere to go for the weekend with my two infants.’” -Hope Kamer, Compass Family Services

🎙️📝Madison Alvarado

#Podcast FaithinActionBayArea CARECENSF SF Dept. of Homelessness & Supportive Housing Ahsha Safai 安世輝 London Breed

Indigenous Mayans in San Francisco have seen a sharp rise in fentanyl deaths since COVID-19.

MindSite News & San Francisco Public Press explore what is happening and what can be done to help.

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Language barriers obstruct access to drug health services.

'We’re not a monolith. We need to understand and receive data back that drills down to those specific subgroups.' - Dr. Seciah Aquino of Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

Language barriers obstruct access to drug health services.

'We’re not a monolith. We need to understand and receive data back that drills down to those specific subgroups.'
-Dr. Seciah Aquino

#Podcast San Francisco AIDS Foundation UC San Francisco Marlene Martin (she/ella)

NEW: Overdose deaths are up in SF's Mayan community, shedding light on the urgent need for culturally competent drug health services. On this episode, we discuss the systemic barriers and grassroots efforts shaping this critical issue.
📝🎙️Sylvie Sturm
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California is home to more than 7k unhoused veterans. Dennis Johnson of Swords to Plowshares is one of the people trying to connect vets with housing and services here in the Bay Area.
From The War Horse📸Yesica Prado🔎📊 📸 🎧 🎥✨️
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California is home to more than 7k unhoused veterans. Dennis Johnson of Swords to Plowshares is one of the people trying to connect vets with housing and services here in the Bay Area.
From The War Horse📸Yesica Prado🔎📊 📸 🎧 🎥✨️
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'I think that the need to commemorate and memorialize allows us to move past the divisiveness and the politicization of COVID.' - Kristin Urquiza
Kristin Urquiza #MarkedByCOVID 💙#MarkedByCovid #FBLC

In this episode, an epidemiologist shares how a lack of public trust led to unnecessary deaths. AIDS activists discuss the importance of facing trauma and a woman who lost her father to COVID is fighting for a memorial for those who died.
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