OPERATION WE CARE WE ARE HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

At Operation We Care our mission is to educate to general public about the plight of the homeless and disenfranchised youth. Our program offers aid to these individuals by working with shelters and other organizations to give them a place to have a shower and hot meal, assist in connecting them with organizations that can help with resume writing and career development and business attire for interviews. Operation We Care will feature the stories of these individuals, giving them a vehicle to tell their story and hopefully create change in our communities.


Our program will document our interaction with the homeless so that our financial supporters can see how we are using the funds to aid the youth and homeless. Operation We Care recognizes that not all homeless people have made the choice to be homeless. There are many situations where people have lost theirs jobs or other experienced catastrophic events such as Katrina and as a result of that, lost everything else in their lives.


Operation We Care wants to bring light to these stories not only for the purpose of education but also to change the widespread misconceptions that surround the homeless. We only seem to hear of the drug addicts and runaways, but they too are caught in a cycle and need our help. Our program will offer a start towards rebuilding their lives and becoming valued contributors to the economy and community.

KEITH ROBINSON/FOUNDER & PROGRAM DIRECTOR





Our community programs are failing our disadvantaged youth and this has resulted in this causes them to get caught up in criminal and premature sexual activity. There are many young people that are left to fend for themselves because of parents that are on drugs. Many are dealing with lack of nutrition, basic needs and parental nuturing. We've heard of tragedies such as the 3 months old girl who died in a house fire when her parents left her alone. These stories are not isolated. They are becoming more common everyday and Operation We Care is committed to doing our part to help as many people as possible.



WE CARE.....DO YOU?

DO YOU THINK YOU REALLY KNOW THE MEANNG OF A HOMELESS PERSON? THINK AGAIN!

Many people still think of homeless transients as alcoholics and/or mentally disabled. The truth is, the current homeless population consists of runaway adolescents, single adult males or females, battered women and over one million homeless families with children typically headed by a female parent.

HOMELESS IS:
To be homeless means that one's primary residence is a public or private shelter, emergency housing, hotel, motel, living with family or friends or any public space like parks, automobiles, aqueducts or abandoned buildings

HOMELESS DEFINITION BROKEN DOWN:
(A) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (within the meaning of section 103(a)(1)); and
(B) includes—
children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement;
(ii) children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (within the meaning of section 103(a)(2)(C));
(iii) children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
(iv) migratory children (as such term is defined in section 1309 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses through (iii).

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