Chiesa talks homelessness on The 209 Podcast County supervisor discusses resources, solutions District 2 Stanislaus County Supervisor Vito Chiesa talks about homelessness on this week s issue of The 209 Podcast, out this Thursday (FRANKIE TOVAR/The Journal).
District 2 Stanislaus County Supervisor Vito Chiesa visited The 209 Podcast this week to talk about the area’s increasingly visible homelessness issue. From funding resources to potential solutions, Chiesa shared steps which have been taken at the County level to help all individuals experiencing homelessness, whether it’s those experiencing housing insecurity due to the pandemic or others suffering from mental health issues and substance abuse.
While a summary of the interview’s first 10 minutes is provided below, the 45-minute discussion in its entirety will be available on the Turlock Journal website and all podcast platforms on Thursday.
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Steve Washinton, 60, is a volunteer at the Baltimore Animal and Care Shelter (BARCS) in Cherry Hill. For the past eight years, the Nottingham resident has taken on several roles such as greeting visitors at the entrance, spearheading adoption classes, fundraising events and nurturing cats and dogs at the shelter.
The coronavirus pandemic has created an opportunity for the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter to help families that might otherwise need to surrender their pets because of a crisis.Thanks to expanded kennel space at its new Cherry Hill location and a pandemic phenomenon that has swept the country for more foster families and more adoptions, BARCS found itself with an opportunity to start something new. We had lots of open kennels and it got us thinking, What else can we be doing? said Bailey Deacon, of BARCS.What BARCS came up with is emergency boarding for pet owners in crisis. So that s for evictions, other major crises in people s lives, and also domestic violence, Deacon said.It s something BARCS wouldn t have been able to do a year ago, and it s making a real difference.It s making a difference for people like Abigail Hosmer, who was suddenly evicted in January and was afraid she would have to give up her dog, Kratos, for good. We are just beyond thankful to BARC
After a long four months, a man and his dog were reunited in Baltimore, Maryland, last week.
The Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) posted about the reunion on Facebook on Monday.
The man who was unidentified by the shelter and his dog, Barak, were apparently separated in October after an explosion in Baltimore destroyed their home, according to the post.
Barak was taken to BARCS while his owner, who suffered life-threatening burns had to be taken to the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where he was put into an induced coma, according to BARCS.