Showing posts with label Shelter Plus Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shelter Plus Care. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Shelter Plus Care caring for disabled and homeless

Shelter Plus Care Program helps the homeless

Updated: June 23, 2008 06:13 PM EDT

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Chronically homeless people who also have disabilities have a new opportunity to get housing. Shelter Plus Care is part of the Weed and Seed initiative and will be funded through state agencies. For the next 6 years, the program will receive $700,000 to help those in need with rental assistance. The first recipients will be two grateful men. Frederick Clark became homeless several years ago after he suffered a hip injury and lost his job.

"It started through an injury I had, where I finally had to have a hip replacement, and through drug addictions, and chronic depression and through those situations I became homeless," Clark said.

Clark said ever since times have been tough.

" It's been a battle and a struggle," Clark said.

Dennis McKim, a lifelong resident of Lafayette and a Military Veteran said being homeless is like wearing your house on your back.
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