How To Feed A Family For $15 A Day

The average family of four spends upwards of $1,200 a month on food, or roughly $40 a day. But with smart planning and key ingredients, you can learn to bring that expense down to less than $15 a day.   Click here to read more

A Foolish Time to Cut Housing Aid

After years of increased unemployment, joblessness and poverty continue to persist.  The families we serve would not be able to leave homelessness behind without the aid of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  We are one program, among many, that HUD supports nationwide.  Programs, like ours, are a worthy HUD investment as we serve the families hit hardest by the economy.  Click here to read the NY Times editorial that argues this is not the time to abandon needy families.  

Affordable Housing Saves on McKinney-Vento Transportation Costs

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, passed in 1987, provided children without a “fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence” some stability in the form of school.


Thanks to McKinney-Vento, children have the right to stay in their school of origin, despite the upheaval of homelessness. This means that even if kids have to move out of their original school district (because, for example, assistance is not available in that original district), students experiencing homelessness are able to continue attending their school. Because research has shown that students perform better when their school environment is stable, McKinney-Vento requires that school districts must provide transportation for the homeless student to the school of origin.  Click here to read more

Behind the Poverty Numbers: Real Lives, Real Pain

At a food pantry in a Chicago suburb, a 38-year-old mother of two breaks into tears.

She and her husband have been out of work for nearly two years. Their house and car are gone. So is their foothold in the middle class and, at times, their self-esteem.

"It's like there is no way out," says Kris Fallon.

She is trapped like so many others, destitute in the midst of America's abundance. Last week, the Census Bureau released new figures showing that nearly one in six Americans lives in poverty — a record 46.2 million people. The poverty rate, pegged at 15.1 percent, is the highest of any major industrialized nation, and many experts believe it could get worse before it abates.

The numbers are daunting — but they also can seem abstract and numbing without names and faces.

Associated Press reporters around the country went looking for the people behind the numbers. They were not hard to find.  Click here to read more.

Welcome Friendship Baptist Church!

We are excited to welcome Friendship Baptist Church in Cartersville to the Transitional Housing family!  Thank you for helping us end homelessness for Georgia families.  If you are interested in partnering with Transitional Housing to support a house, contact us today!

Profiles of Risk: Family Structure

"Profiles of Risk: Family Structure" is the third research brief in this ICPH series, which draws on data from the nationwide Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to highlight characteristics of those families at greatest risk of experiencing homelessness. The brief explores differences in family structure between homeless mothers and those who maintain stable housing, finding that stably housed families are characterized by higher rates of marriage and greater relationship stability when compared to housing-unstable households. Families at risk of homelessness experience higher family instability and rates of cohabitation, while homeless families tend to be headed by a single mother.

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Welcome Cohutta Presbyterian!

We are excited to welcome Cohutta Presbyterian as our newest partner in ending homelessness for Georgia families!  They have been working hard to get their house ready for a homeless family.  Thank you for all your hard work!  If you are interested in partnering with Transitional Housing to support a house, contact us today!