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2009
2008
2009
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| Oct 2009 |
Homeless train for 5K that benefits shelter
Twice a week near Mockingbird Station, dozens of runners gather to train. They’re dedicated athletes, business people and those committed to fitness. |
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| Aug 2009 |
Dallas' Homeless Turn To The Bridge for Food, Shelter and a New Start |
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| Aug 2009 |
Spirit of the Bridge Award for August 2009 |
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| Aug 2009 |
Spirit of the Bridge Award for July 2009 |
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| July 2009 |
Spirit of the Bridge Award for June 2009 |
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| July 2009 |
Jesuit College Preparatory School Volunteers |
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| June 2009 |
Dallas City Council delays vote on housing for homeless
Another proposed housing development for the homeless has hit an obstacle because of neighborhood opposition. |
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| June 2009 |
Ron Kirk, the US Trade Representative for the Obama Administration, volunteered today at The Bridge's Second Chance Café |
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| June 2009 |
Poetry contest benefiting The Bridge in Dallas expresses pain of homelessness |
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| May 2009 |
SWJ Advertising Agency arrived at The Bridge to host a celebration party for all the guests and staff |
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| May 2009 |
On May 28, 2009 Downtown Dallas, a membership organization of business owners who are invested in the revitalization of downtown, hosted a breakfast presentation event to honor the local homeless service providers of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance |
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| May 2009 |
Dallas homeless shelter measures success in jobs, homes found
Like hundreds of others at Dallas' homeless assistance center, LaShawn Hammond wants to get his own place as soon as possible. |
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| Apr 2009 |
Volunteer Appreciation Week Award |
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| Apr 2009 |
Spirit of the Bridge Award, a Community Affairs Program
Congratulations, Quinton! |
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| Apr 2009 |
Local count finds Dallas County's homeless population is down
A local count found that the number of people who are homeless on any given night in Dallas County dropped slightly from last year, despite the difficult economy. |
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| Apr 2009 |
2009 Annual "Point in Time" Homeless Count & Census Report for Dallas County is now available |
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| Apr 2009 |
Michael Faenza: How Dallas can help the homeless
Kim Horner's extraordinary March 29 report on the plight of the homeless mentally ill and addicted in Dallas describes the tragic consequences of inadequate mental health and substance abuse services and the lack of permanent housing for chronically homeless individuals. |
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| Mar 2009 |
Battling homelessness in Dallas requires more housing, mental health services, advocates say
In cardboard boxes under bridges, in tattered tents in the woods and in vacant downtown buildings live some of the hardest people to help. |
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| Mar 2009 |
Dallas council supports conversion of downtown hotel to rental housing
The proposed conversion of a vacant downtown hotel to affordable rental housing secured a crucial endorsement Wednesday from the Dallas City Council. |
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| Mar 2009 |
How Mr. Ayers And Mr. Lopez Became Friends
This is one of those urban fables that happens to be true. Steve Lopez is a newspaper columnist for the Los Angeles Times; Nathaniel Ayers is a troubled man with a brilliant past. |
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| Feb 2009 |
Women at homeless shelter get free makeovers, confidence boost
Makeup artists who keep beautiful people looking beautiful offered their services Wednesday at The Bridge, and they made a difference that was more than skin deep. |
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| Feb 2009 |
Care Managers Appreciation Award |
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| Jan 2009 |
Spirit of the Bridge Award, a Community Affairs Program
Congratulations Michael Graves, January Spirit of the Bridge award recipient! |
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2008
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| Dec 2008 |
'08 held tragedy, thrills for Texans
In keeping with a somber year, much of the local news in North Texas was serious, some of it tragically so. A new, elaborate homeless center in downtown Dallas was instantly overwhelmed with clients. |
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| Nov 2008 |
Six Month Report Card for Dallas Homeless Center
"The Bridge" the downtown Dallas homeless assistance center is six months old this week, and has seen TWICE as many people come thru the doors as anticipated. KERA's BJ Austin says officials call it a challenge and a success. |
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| Nov 2008 |
Editorial: A good place
Thousands of hard-looking men and women make Dallas' streets their home. Many would tearfully welcome an alternative, if only they could see a way out. |
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| Nov 2008 |
Dallas homeless alliance raises $15 million for The Bridge
Six months after Dallas' new homeless center opened, its operators have raised nearly $15 million in private donations to help cover expenses, an official said Tuesday. |
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| Nov 2008 |
Six homeless people move from The Bridge to a new home
Marion Pena and Joseph Williams were among the six elderly residents who moved out of The Bridge and into the Mountain View Valley Apartments in Southwest Dallas. Marion Pena has lived on the streets for ten years and has always dreamed of having a place he could call home. |
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| Nov 2008 |
Help the Homeless Week kicks off Tuesday in Dallas
The second Help the Homeless Week kicks off Tuesday with events to raise awareness about chronic homelessness and money for the city's new shelter, The Bridge. |
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| Nov 2008 |
Shelter gets donation for tracking software |
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| Nov 2008 |
The Bridge plans to relocate hundreds of night guests to private shelters
Dallas' city-funded homeless shelter, The Bridge, has a new plan to relieve the extreme overcrowding that has generated concerns and complaints at the center for months. |
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| Nov 2008 |
Read Dallas Mayor Tom Lepert's letter promoting MDHA's 2008 Help the Homeless WalkAThon
Dear Friends, It is my distinct pleasure to support the work of Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance and Fannie Mae
with the 2008 Help the Homeless WalkAThon, which will be held Saturday, November 22, 10:00
a.m. (8:30 a.m. registration) at City Hall Plaza. |
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| Oct 2008 |
Program helps move Dallas homeless shelter's older adults to apartments
Joseph Williams looked at the green carpet, cozy couch and TV in his new apartment in complete amazement. "Good God almighty, I can't believe this," he said. After being homeless for a year, the 66-year-old Dallas man needed time to get used to the fact that he now has his own place to cook meals and watch Dallas Cowboys and Mavericks games. |
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| Oct 2008 |
The Bridge’s first large outplacement will be implemented and everyone is ecstatic!Today is a very exciting day! |
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| Sep 2008 |
Permanent Supportive Housing Plan
A Briefing To The Quality of Life Committee. |
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| Sep 2008 |
2008 Homeless Count
On January 22, 2008, Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, in conjunction with the City of Dallas, conducted our annual count and census of the homeless population in Dallas
County. Volunteers from the community and 54 agencies which provide services to the
homeless participated with us to make this year's census a success. |
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| Sep 2008 |
Cindy Honey: Advocate for the homeless helped plan Bridge shelter
Cindy Honey was a major advocate for the homeless and instrumental in the planning of Dallas' new $21 million shelter, The Bridge.
But the executive director of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance never got to step inside the facility. Before it opened in May, Ms. Honey was hospitalized after learning that she had cancer.
Ms. Honey died Tuesday at age 54 after a four-month battle with cervical cancer that had spread to her lungs. A wake is tentatively scheduled from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at Greenwood Funeral Home at 3100 White Settlement Road in Fort Worth. A funeral service is scheduled at the same location at 11:30 a.m. on Monday.
Donate online to the Cindy Honey Memorial Fund. |
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| Sep 2008 |
Reviews mixed on The Bridge, Dallas' homeless shelter
Three months into Dallas' bold experiment in helping the homeless, reviews are mixed and concerns are many. |
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| Aug 2008 |
Robbie Liebendorfer of Troop 890 helps The Bridge |
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| July 2008 |
A heart for service
Mike Faenza envisions an end to hopelessness, homelessness
Dallas Business Journal - by Casey Smith Staff writer |
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| May 2008 |
Dallas new homeless shelter, The Bridge, opens
Lugging suitcases and garbage bags filled with all of their belongings, dozens of people lined up outside the gates of The Bridge on Tuesday afternoon to be among the first inside Dallas' long-awaited homeless center. |
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| May 2008 |
Downtown Dallas facility will focus on chronically homeless
Dallas' new homeless center opens Tuesday with great expectations. |
| May 2008 |
The Nickel Project
Forty members of the new contract Bridge staff volunteered on May 7th to open 24,000 envelopes and retrieve a nickel in each one. |
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| May 2008 |
9 Year Old Donates Neighborhood Salad Stand Profits to MDHA |
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| May 2008 |
Dallas' The Bridge Homeless Center's Progressive Approach May Actually Make a Difference
With a no-hassles approach to panhandlers, Dallas' new shelter hopes to kill homelessness with kindness. |
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| May 2008 |
Keep your dollar, help the homeless
I've got a suggestion for those who want to make Dallas' new homeless-assistance center a big success.
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| Apr 2008 |
Dallas County's homeless population growing
The number of homeless people in Dallas County climbed 14 percent from a year ago, according to a count released just weeks before the opening of the city's new assistance center. |
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| Apr 2008 |
Embattled HUD chief resigns, cites family
Jackson makes no mention of investigation, Democratic pressure.
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| Jan 2008 |
Dallas-area shelters struggle to serve aging homeless population
Agencies start special programs to offer care, housing to the aging. |
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| Dec 2007 |
A 'Jewel’ for Downtown Dallas
D Magazine; December 2007
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| Nov 2007 |
Belief in cure resides in city homeless czar
Ex-corporate insider has new strategy for chronic outsiders. |
