Topic: Social Work
Las Vegas Sun | 2009-07-28 16:02:44
<div id="subtitle">Unmarked crypts, grave sites in valley hold their remains</div><div><p> The number of Clark County residents who died too poor to pay for their own burials or cremations jumped by 22Êpercent in the past fiscal year unprecedented growth that county officials say is yet another sign of ...
Las Vegas Sun | 2009-07-28 16:02:43
<div><p> Lawmakers finished their work in Carson City weeks ago, but a key debate from the 2009 Legislature continues.</p><p>The county says over the next two years it will lose $180 million because of legislative action. As a result, it will have to cut county Social Service Department spending ...
Las Vegas Sun | 2009-07-10 16:02:00
<div id="subtitle">Homeless services that worked well are damaged by funding cutbacks</div><div><p> When the Fertitta Community Assistance Center opened in 2005, it was billed as a one-stop facility where homeless people and other poor people could go for bus passes, mental health counseling and other social services. The ...
Las Vegas Sun | 2009-07-08 16:01:56
<div id="subtitle">As need for help grows, countyÕs social service plans to withdraw</div><div><p> When the Fertitta Community Assistance Center opened four years ago, speeches at the ribbon-cutting hailed it as a pioneering, one-stop collection of agencies for helping the poor, a model to follow in the future.< ...
