Some 70 volunteers scoured Gwinnett County this morning, to tabulate the number of homeless. The data they collect will be used to allocate Federal housing assistance.
Although the information obtained would help the homeless, they are often scared to share their information.
The volunteers were advised regarding what they could say and to keep their body language neutral. When homeless people see someone coming toward them who could be the authorities, they tend to run away. AJC full story here
Monday, January 28, 2008
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