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<p>California sends out about three billion dollars a year to the disabled and elderly so they can buy food and afford housing. But in the second part of our series, Senior Insecurity, Capital Public Radio found there's little oversight of this program.</p> <p>Even though Supplemental Security Income - or SSI - is California's second most expensive health and human services program, the state doesn't track whether it's enough to live on or how people spend their money.</p> <p> </p>
<p>California’s second most expensive health and human services program, Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, was designed to help the elderly and disabled afford basic necessities. But for many older Californians it's not meeting that goal.</p> <p>In the first of our two-part series, Senior Insecurity, we’ll look at how the deepest state budget cuts to SSI in a decade have impacted older disabled Californians. A growing number of them can’t afford enough food or are living on the streets. </p> <p> </p>
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<p>An apparently homeless man rests on a South Park Blocks bench, across from a downtown church. City and county officials have asked Portland's religious institutions for help this winter in housing the homeless, especially homeless families. </p><p> </p>
<p>Churches traditionally have helped provide services to the homeless. Are they stepping up in a time of need?</p>
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<p>The "Shortened Lives: Where You Live Matters" project, produced by staff writers Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman, ran in 2009 as a four-part series in the Contra Costa Times and the Oakland Tribune, now-defunct daily newspapers in Northern California .
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman, participants in the
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<p>The Chinese-American community in New York City saw an increase in HIV/AIDS cases in 2007. However, the number of cases from years prior may have been inaccurate due to the lack of HIV testing. </p><p>Rong Ziaoqing</p><p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 4.5pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></p></p>
