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Report finds a ‘tidal wave’ of homelessness
Fire Chief Dan Goonan and Fire/EMS Officer Chris Hickey do rounds at an encampment for the homeless under the Amoskeag Bridge in Manchester on May 15. CAROL ROBIDOUX / Manchester Ink Link
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The number of homeless people was already growing fast before the pandemic, and now the problem has grown larger than we know, experts say. In Manchester alone, the count of unsheltered homeless has more than doubled from July 1, with about 170, to over 480 as of Nov. 30.
Last month, the New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness (NHCEH) released its annual report on the state of homelessness. In addition to the point-in-time headcount they perform at the start of the year, the organization included data from a national database for the first time, which provides more detailed information about the individuals who don’t have a home, including demographic data that shows Black and Hispanic people represent a dispropo
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Alex Balcum would count your buttons and proceed to push all of them, recalls a homeless outreach worker, but he was also one of the kindest souls we had the pleasure of working with.
He died in July in Rochester, one of 59 people whose lives were remembered Monday evening in Concord at the annual Homeless Persons Memorial Day vigil.
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They were mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, and at least one grandfather. They were veterans of the armed forces, musicians, and church goers. One of them has been president of the NH Gyrocopter Club. Some were well known, especially to staff and volunteers at the state s emergency shelters and soup kitchens.
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Connor Spern, who works with several local groups that provide services for people who are homeless, lights a candle Monday night in Concord at the Homeless Persons Memorial Day vigil.
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By ARNIE ALPERT for InDepthNH.org
Alex Balcum “would count your buttons and proceed to push all of them,” recalls a homeless outreach worker, but he was “also one of the kindest souls we had the pleasure of working with.”
He died in July in Rochester, one of 59 people whose lives were remembered Monday evening in Concord at the annual Homeless Persons Memorial Day vigil.