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When we talk about affordable housing, it’s easy to get tangled in a debate over what and how much the government should do about the crisis. It can help, and I’ve proposed a package of measures that, taken together, will create new housing opportunities for many struggling Californians. Read more: Affordable Housing, Making Home Affordable, Housing Crisis, Fighting Poverty, Poverty, California, Whatsworking, Impact, AB 1335, Homelessness, Low-Income Housing, Economy, Mental Health, Impact News
Recently, Jay Leno has attracted more attention to the controversy that surrounds Ottawa’s Inner City Health “wet” program by poking fun it for doling out wine to many of the city’s homeless alcoholics as a method of treatment. Some of the participants in this Canadian treatment program are drinking up to 72 ounces or 3 bottles of wine each day depending on the severity of their addiction. Basically, chronic alcoholic residents of these programs are offered varying amounts of wine with alcohol content ranging from 0{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} – 12.5{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} every hour between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Despite fairly positive research on the effectiveness of these programs, most people cannot fathom how feeding an alcoholic wine could possibly treat alcoholism. For instance, Cyril Morgan, director of the Welcome Hall Mission in
A recent study shows a rise among children with disabilities over the past 10 years. The same study also revealed that disabilities relating to physical health conditions have decreased, while disabilities relating to neurodevelopment and mental health have increased dramatically. In addition, the most significant increase has occurred among children from higher-income families.Lead author Amy J. Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, chief, Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine admits that previous studies have already demonstrated that the prevalence of childhood disability is on the rise. “Nearly 6 million kids had a disability in 2009-2010 — almost 1 million more than in 2001-2002” says Houtrow.