Living for two: Pregnancy among homeless teens is rising By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Sometimes, a person’s life will be forever changed because of an accident or unexpected event — for better or for worse, and regardless of whether the person welcom ...
16 Sep 2010 -
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27 Oct 2010 - Street Roots
Homeless youth tell their side with Project Viewfinder By Erin Fenner, Staff Writer About four months ago, approximately a dozen people who were homeless or transitioning out of homelessness got together in a room to discuss what sort of film they wanted ...
1 May 2013 - Erin Fenner
Inocente gained fame in the Oscar-winning documentary “Inocente,” which shows her pursuing her dream to be an artist. Her paintings exhibit a sense of whimsy, and sometimes, her face is the canvas. As a homeless teen, Inocente dreamed of a better life. Bu ...
9 Oct 2013 - Rosette Royale
How one man is building a better life from the ground up It was Kyler Buzalsky’s nature of acceptance that attracted me to his story. I teach dialectical behavior therapy, among other subjects, and if ever there was a poster child for cool, calm detachmen ...
21 Oct 2013 - Suzanne Zalokar
• Average income needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Multnomah County: $17,720 • Average annual Social Security payment for retired workers in Multnomah County: $12,861 • Number of hours per week a worker earning minimum wage must work to afford a ...
10 Feb 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Percent of runaway youth served by Multnomah County Runaway Youth Services that are reunited with their families: 85-Number of passengers PDX received from flights in February: 1,025,571-Number of flight operations PDX saw in February: 14,877-Percent of O ...
22 Apr 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Every day, the small boy wakes up behind the Safeway grocery store. He packs all of his belongings in a backpack, cleans up at a gym and heads off to school. His mother and her new boyfriend live in a van parked in front of the store. She doesn’t want her ...
8 Oct 2014 - Jacques Von Lunen
There were nearly 3,200 unaccompanied minor students in Oregon schools in the 2012-13 school year, according to the Department of Education. But those numbers only represent the children reported to the department by their school district’s homeless liais ...
20 Oct 2014 - SR editorial board
Those who envision an Oregon where every person has opportunity that comes with a safe, decent, affordable home are fortunate to live in 2015. The moment is pregnant with opportunity. Every day, more and more conversations are popping up about homelessnes ...
18 Feb 2015 - Matt Kinshella