Thanks to key corporate and philanthropic partners, Mercy Care soon will be able to expand its health care services to Atlantans who need it most.
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Amid pandemic, city plan directs homeless sleeping at airport to supportive services
On Monday, the Atlanta City Council unanimously approved legislation that kickstarts a 60-day plan to curb the amount of homeless people sleeping at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and help them navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Most of city’s homeless population has been tested for COVID-19, but more work is needed
Most of Atlanta’s known homeless population has now been tested for COVID-19, thanks to an initiative spearheaded by the city’s homeless services manager Partners for Home (PFH) and healthcare focused nonprofit Mercy Care.
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How Atlanta is testing, isolating its homeless population during coronavirus pandemic
The novel coronavirus outbreak has jolted Atlanta’s homeless population in a way not experienced by most of the city’s residents, sending indigent people scrambling for safe places to take refuge and smart sources of food.
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What the closing of Atlanta’s largest shelter means for our homeless population
By Dan Williams, program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Recently, while riding MARTA to work, I sat across from a woman appearing to experience mental illness. The sound of her shrill laugh permeated the train car as she raised her arms wildly in the air. Her wide-open, ragged roller bag, obviously too difficult to […]
