At least 80 people are believed to live in tents scattered through the area, near a Prince William County winter shelter, a bus terminal, a Kmart and some fast-food places. In the woods nearby, small neighborhoods have sprung up with camps. Some have wooden lean-tos, generators, TVs, heavy dinner tables.
via Homeless forced to leave Dale City tent camps along I-95 – The Washington Post.
Did you know that “nearly 800 students in Spotsylvania and Stafford schools are homeless”? Several stories have appeared in the Freelance Star that highlight the problems of poverty and homelessness. Many may see the problem as an individual problem… the homeless man on the corner, the begger woman at the library, the young man asking for change at the gas station. Although these images do summarize the problem, but only up to a point. Many of the hungry and underprivlaged that we don’t see out in the open are families. These days families do without, all around, and with joblessness as high as it is, even those that got by 5-years ago just fine, are finding things harder now. To get a better picture of the sort of issues that face Fredericksburg, take a look at some of these other articles:
Lingering Unemployment Likely to Challenge Obama and the Nation
Social workers aid homeless teens
Fredericksburg.com – Community responds to homeless students.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- U.S. is vulnerable to rising food and oil prices
- Rising food prices are having a direct effect on food banks
- Food banks are seeing people who used to donate using food banks now
via Rising food prices could drive up rates of hunger – CNN.com.
