Adi Talwar
Clients at New Alternatives for LGBT Homeless Youth on Christopher Street gather for Sunday dinner in March. Street homeless are very hard to count, and young people living on the street are particularly elusive.
Point-in-time surveys of the street homeless can yield important data, but—contrary to how politicians sometimes cast the numbers—not a precise tally of who’s unsheltered at night.
When the WIC program took steps to get more fresh produce into recipients’ diets, the results were promising. But the initiative is being held back by administrative flaws and, yes, a political battle over white potatoes.
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