RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR THE HOMELESS- We need your brainpower.

Solutions. Not Tents. We need your ideas to conquer homelessness ant poverty in NJ.

There is a real crises in the war on poverty and homelessness in America and it needs real ideas and strong people willing to help lend a hand.

Bill Southrey President and CEO of the Atlantic City Rescue Mission discusses the challenges of helping the homeless and invites your comments and suggestions. Please comment on our YouTube or Facebook Video Wall, or contact us at the Mission at 609-345-5517.

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Lately, we hear about Tent City's and golden-voice homeless being discovered but the stark reality is that helping the homeless is a two-front battle:

One front is reaching and rescuing people from the despair of job loss, domestic violence, returning veterans overcoming the scars of war or people battling addiction.

The other front is battling the predacious or bureaucratic politics who don't want help in their area. N.I.M.B. which means not in my backyard.

For the past 46 years the Atlantic City Rescue Mission has met these challenges successfully with food and shelter and care for Men, Women and children; a medical clinic, counseling and psychiatric care. In the last few year we have been fortunate enough to be able to lend a hand to families struggling with recent job loss due to a failing economy by providing financial support in the form of utility payments, mortgage payments, and rent to people across the social spectrum who were hit hard with the fluctuating national economy. Yet for every success come a new challenge.

As state institutions can not support the vast influx of returning veterans who are readjusting from the trauma of war, not to mention early prison release without a plan for proper re-introduction with society, the problems eventually land on the door of the Mission as we have a success-rate for create help when none is available.

But for all the people who talk about helping, 9-time-out-of-10 we find they are just paying lip service to the growing need and sweeping the social problem under the rug.

Persecution still exists. Sometimes it vocal, and sometimes it's silent but it a community, state, and nationwide problem that we can no-longer divert our eyes and attention from. In the face of this growing social epidemic, real solutions and real adult dialogue are required to overcome the dilemma of the prejudice and persecution of homeless to that real and lasting change can occur.

In order for the AC Rescue Mission to meet the challenges we need to enlist your, help and your ideas to overcome apathy and disparity of the homeless issue. Please post your ideas here on our YouTube or Facebook Video Wall or contact Bill at the Mission at 609-345-5517 if you would like to help.

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Huffington Post: Fed Homelessness Program Runs Out Of Money As Need Rises. Homelessness has significantly risen in the U.S. as a result of surging foreclosures and joblessness caused by the recession, but a new federal program designed to nudge people back from the brink of life without shelter is on the brink itself.

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Citing the struggles helping #homeless #veterans and #unemployed, NJ Rescue Mission #CEO Bill Southrey calls for ideas and courageous leadership.

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Solutions. Not Tents. The homeless problem cuts across all spectrums of life but It doesn’t have to be a door closing on a life, but rather a doorway leading to a new one. Please comment on our YouTube or Facebook Video Wall, or contact us at the Mission at 609-345-5517.

[nature1960]

I met a homeless couple trying to find somebody to rent a room, I am fighting foreclosure .The woman had a bad rinking problem ,but the man my family fell in love with . Everyone can help if they try.I would have many tents in my yard if I could,but Im sure the city would have a problem with it .I live in fl an we have bears ,snakes ect .I wished I could help

[nature1960]

I met a homeless couple trying to find somebody to rent a room, I am fighting foreclosure .The woman had a bad rinking problem ,but the man my family feel in love with . Everyone can help if they try.