Riley extends Red Snapper season
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The Associated Press
Published: Tue, March 25, 2008 - 4:04 pm
Last Updated: Tue, March 25, 2008 - 4:08 pm
Last Updated: Tue, March 25, 2008 - 4:08 pm
night in Alabama there are 5,391 homeless people on the streets or
in shelters.
The report by the Governor's Statewide Interagency Council on
Homelessness is the first statewide survey of homelessness in
Alabama. The report was presented Tuesday to Gov. Bob Riley and to
Philip Mangano, director of the United States Interagency Council
on Homelessness.
Mangano is known as the homeless czar for the Bush
administration.
The report shows that 2,177 of the homeless are substance
abusers, 1,077 are in families with dependent children and 1,494
are severely mentally ill.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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