• Americans grapple with historic weather, with much of the U.S. still locked in deep freeze

    Americans grapple with historic weather, with much of the U.S. still locked in deep freeze

    Feb 17, 2021 11:55 PM EDT

    ... something that it definitely affected us on Tuesday with rolling blackouts across the city. We're also dealing with people sleeping outside and those experiencing homelessness. And, as a community, we spent days, if not weeks, preparing for that. And so I'm pleased that there's enough capacity, and ...

  • 2020 in review: Stories you may have missed and why they matter

    2020 in review: Stories you may have missed and why they matter

    Dec 27, 2020 11:17 PM EDT

    ... devastated Lebanon’s capital of Beirut after a fire detonated a stockpile of almost 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrates. More than 200 people died and thousands were injured -- and the devastation from the blast only worsened already existing homelessness and healthcare crises in the country. https://youtu.be/-9K5sAVCKPM

  • A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid

    A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid

    Dec 05, 2020 05:46 PM EDT

    ... evictions for renters. A suspension of payments on federal student loans will expire at the end of January. “I am very afraid of people facing homelessness — that’s our top concern,” said Andrew Stettner, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation. “It’s a terrible unforced policy error to make ...

  • Where do homeless patients go after being treated for COVID-19?

    Where do homeless patients go after being treated for COVID-19?

    Nov 25, 2020 09:09 PM EDT

    ... the country, in both major cities and small towns. One complication, however, is the sheer breadth of the medical respite approach. Because it intersects housing, homelessness and health care, medical respite does not fit neatly within a single system and would require collaboration and agreement among multiple city and state ...

  • News Wrap: Attacks imminent on Ethiopia’s rebel-held region

    News Wrap: Attacks imminent on Ethiopia’s rebel-held region

    Nov 24, 2020 11:45 PM EDT

    ... of responsibility. And back in this country, David Dinkins, New York City's first Black mayor, has died. He served one term in the early 1990s, and lost his reelection bid to Rudy Giuliani, as the city battled crime, unemployment, racial violence, and homelessness. David Dinkins was 93 years old.

  • How to help those in need during a pandemic holiday season

    How to help those in need during a pandemic holiday season

    Nov 24, 2020 10:19 PM EDT

    ... $335,670 in PPE to Indegenous communities. National Coalition for the Homeless and Covenant House are two organizations providing life-saving resources to those experiencing homelessness, including homeless youth.Helping Hands serves seniors and those who are immunocompromised or have preexisting conditions through grocery and other essential supply deliveries. You ...

  • NYC's first African American mayor, David Dinkins, has died

    NYC's first African American mayor, David Dinkins, has died

    Nov 24, 2020 01:53 PM EDT

    ... Port Authority." But the city he inherited had an ugly side, too. AIDS, guns and crack cocaine killed thousands of people each year. Unemployment soared. Homelessness was rampant. The city faced a $1.5 billion budget deficit. Dinkins' low-key, considered approach quickly came to be perceived as a flaw ...

  • LGBTQ foster kids have a harder time finding permanent homes

    LGBTQ foster kids have a harder time finding permanent homes

    Nov 21, 2020 10:20 PM EDT

    ... s really very similar to kids, all kids who age out without a family. They wind up overrepresented in jails. Incarceration rates are very high. Homelessness--that was in the article too--the percentage of LGBTQ kids in the homeless population, a great majority of which had been in foster ...

  • 709,000 Americans seek jobless aid as pandemic escalates

    709,000 Americans seek jobless aid as pandemic escalates

    Nov 12, 2020 02:00 PM EDT

    ... Having lost both jobs in the spring, she is now living with her children in city-subsidized housing near Oakland, California, and hoping to avoid homelessness. The city housing, provided to people at heightened risk of the coronavirus, lasts only through December. Perez, 38, is a cancer survivor. "The pandemic ...

  • D.C. charters lead the way on in-school teaching experiment

    D.C. charters lead the way on in-school teaching experiment

    Oct 12, 2020 03:31 PM EDT

    ... experiences. One option would offer direct in-class instruction to a select group of students with special-education needs, those learning English, and students experiencing homelessness or otherwise deemed to be at-risk. That's essentially the same criteria that most D.C. charters used in selecting their own student ...