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Nov 10, 20224 min read

Youth Homelessness Awareness Month: Challenging Harmful Stereotypes With Lived Experiences

When you think of homelessness, what comes to mind? Many think of people sleeping on the street, or individuals walking by cars asking...

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Hotels: A Congregate Shelter & Housing Shortage Solution?

April Tate

Oct 26, 20227 min read

Hotels: A Congregate Shelter & Housing Shortage Solution?

Housing Shortage in Boston & Beyond In 2022, Boston was ranked fourth in cities facing the worst housing shortages and fourteenth in a...

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Building Job Security: How Transitional Employment Facilitates Ending Young Adult Homelessness

Jacob Landau

Aug 25, 20223 min read

Building Job Security: How Transitional Employment Facilitates Ending Young Adult Homelessness

“More often than not, homeless people become homeless through circumstances that they can’t control…we’re so attached to the idea that it...

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Take Action: How You Can Help The Unhoused During Heat Wave Emergencies

Sam Goodman

Jul 27, 20222 min read

Take Action: How You Can Help The Unhoused During Heat Wave Emergencies

As we enter the hot months of summer, many of us retreat to the comfort of our homes, protected from the sun and often cooled by fans and...

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How the Overturning of Roe vs. Wade will affect People Experiencing Homelessness

Breaktime

Jul 1, 20223 min read

How the Overturning of Roe vs. Wade will affect People Experiencing Homelessness

On June 24, 2022, in the middle of Breaktime’s Launchpad graduation, a shadow fell over our office, as the graduation audience looked...

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The Cycle of Mental Health: Examining the Intersection of Homelessness, Covid-19, & Mental Illness

Jacob Landau

May 31, 20223 min read

The Cycle of Mental Health: Examining the Intersection of Homelessness, Covid-19, & Mental Illness

Photo by Isaac Quesada on Unsplash Earlier this year, hospitals were having a crisis. With more young adults seeking care for mental...

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Implications of Climate Change on Housing Insecure and Financially Insecure Communities

Hope Pollard

Apr 21, 20224 min read

Implications of Climate Change on Housing Insecure and Financially Insecure Communities

Every year, disasters such as hurricanes, floods, tornados, wildfires, landslides, and beyond ravage communities across the United...

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Homelessness: The Overlooked Public Health Crisis

Sam Goodman

Mar 24, 20224 min read

Homelessness: The Overlooked Public Health Crisis

The term “public health crisis” has taken on a whole new meaning in the past few years. When prompted to think about a public health...

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Black History Month: Redlining and Homelessness

Jacob Landau

Feb 9, 20223 min read

Black History Month: Redlining and Homelessness

Today, over 500,000 people experience homelessness in the United States on a given night. Most of these people are Black and more...

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Hope Pollard

Dec 17, 20213 min read

Surviving the Holidays

When many people think about the holiday season, they picture themselves surrounded by friends and family, sitting around a table full of...

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November is National Youth Homelessness Awareness Month

Jacob Landau

Nov 2, 20214 min read

November is National Youth Homelessness Awareness Month

Homelessness shapes lives, and our society’s engagement with those affected by housing insecurity shapes homelessness as a social...

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The Foster-Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline

April Tate

Jul 23, 20215 min read

The Foster-Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline

Transitioning From State Foster Care to Adulthood Each year, 20,000-30,000 young adults nationally, including 600-1,000+ in...

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‘Costing Us All’: The Troubling Prevalence of LGBTQ Young Adult Homelessness

Emma MacKenzie

Jun 24, 20215 min read

‘Costing Us All’: The Troubling Prevalence of LGBTQ Young Adult Homelessness

June is Pride Month—that time of year to commemorate the history, challenges, and contributions of the LGBTQ community. As we celebrate...

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The ‘Crushing’ Cycle of Homelessness and Mental Illness

Aaron Lai

May 28, 20214 min read

The ‘Crushing’ Cycle of Homelessness and Mental Illness

When Janet Smith, an alumna of Breaktime, speaks about her past experience with homelessness, she describes a personal battle complicated...

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Climate Justice: How Climate Change is Exacerbating the Homelessness Crisis

Tony Shu

Apr 20, 20216 min read

Climate Justice: How Climate Change is Exacerbating the Homelessness Crisis

In 2018, oppressive heat took the lives of 42 people experiencing homelessness in Maricopa County, Arizona. One woman experiencing...

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Homelessness in America: Implicit Biases in the Hiring Process

Sam Goodman

Apr 2, 20216 min read

Homelessness in America: Implicit Biases in the Hiring Process

Hiring Bias in the Workplace In recent years, organizations across the U.S. have devoted time and resources toward improving the...

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Black and Homeless: Reflecting on Racial Inequities in America’s Homeless Population

Ben Workman

Mar 9, 20215 min read

Black and Homeless: Reflecting on Racial Inequities in America’s Homeless Population

Mikayla Woodberry, an Alumna of Breaktime, has a blunt message about how our nation is failing Black Americans experiencing homelessness:...

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Op-Ed: How stereotypes and social stigmas made my experience with homelessness even more difficult

Kabrien Johnson

Jan 30, 20216 min read

Op-Ed: How stereotypes and social stigmas made my experience with homelessness even more difficult

This article was written by Kabrien Johnson, alumna of Breaktime, with an introduction written by Helen He. Introduction “I feel like the...

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Emma MacKenzie

Dec 30, 20206 min read

Homeless During the Holidays

While many of us view the holidays with festive joy, the cold climate and societal traditions make this time of year especially...

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Tony Shu

Apr 17, 20203 min read

The Homeless Cannot #StayHome

This article was written by Tony Shu, co-founder of Breaktime. As of today, 44 states have issued some form of “stay-at-home” orders to...

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