• A way to save money when half of all health costs is spent on a fraction of patients

    A way to save money when half of all health costs is spent on a fraction of patients

    Jan 18, 2017 12:07 AM EDT

    ... optimistic than he once was. His office now overflows with pillows and kitchenware for clients they're trying to place in housing, and he thinks homelessness and entrenched financial interests in health care are the biggest barriers. DR. JEFFREY BRENNER: I think this is going to take a lot longer ...

  • Homeless veterans take refuge at Arizona encampment

    Homeless veterans take refuge at Arizona encampment

    Jan 14, 2017 07:16 PM EDT

    ... mission is to go out and find as many homeless veterans that we can possibly locate and bring them in. Try to transition them from homelessness to housing, get them medical care, things that they've been doing without for so many years. I’ll have to get the make ...

  • Carson's qualifications to be housing chief questioned by Democrats

    Carson's qualifications to be housing chief questioned by Democrats

    Jan 12, 2017 02:22 PM EDT

    ... homes for all,'" Warren said. Among the dozens of questions in the letter: What does Carson think about the condition of public housing? Should ending homelessness among veterans be a priority? How would he ensure equal access to HUD programs to same-sex couples and others. Several former HUD secretaries ...

  • The choir where homeless singers find hope and acceptance

    The choir where homeless singers find hope and acceptance

    Dec 27, 2016 03:47 PM EDT

    ... homeless. The woman behind the Voices of Our City Choir is Steph Johnson, a jazz singer and recording artist who wanted to raise awareness of homelessness. “I thought, well, what a wonderful way to have a really wonderful, beautiful choir singing and sounding excellent and to be like, ‘Yes, and ...

  • Demand surges for clinicians serving transgender youth -- and for earlier treatment

    Demand surges for clinicians serving transgender youth -- and for earlier treatment

    Dec 21, 2016 03:53 PM EDT

    ... emotional distress but saving lives. Without support and treatment, Olson-Kennedy said, trans kids are a risk for almost everything: depression, self harm, substance abuse, homelessness, HIV and suicide. Athena Fenstermacher was born male, but identified as a girl from her earliest days. “As soon as she could pick colors ...

  • Obama vows to sign this sweeping mental health bill Congress passed

    Obama vows to sign this sweeping mental health bill Congress passed

    Dec 08, 2016 01:11 PM EDT

    ... mental health provisions “necessary and promising.” He said he appreciated the bill’s focus on “preventing the most horrific consequences of untreated mental illness,” including homelessness, incarceration and suicide. The bill generally requires states to use at least 10 percent of their mental health block grants on early intervention for ...

  • What young people want the next president to care about

    What young people want the next president to care about

    Nov 08, 2016 12:25 AM EDT

    ... our time to be paid equally, and it was our time a long time ago. GENEVA VANHORN, Trumbull Career & Technical Center, Ohio: I believe that homelessness is something that we need to address in the upcoming election. I believe that we need to help people who have lower privileges get ...

  • Weed as way of life: California farmers divided on legal bud

    Weed as way of life: California farmers divided on legal bud

    Oct 27, 2016 02:38 PM EDT

    ... despite going without offers for two days. Police complain that the seasonal nature of the farming means that many job-seekers go without work, exacerbating homelessness. They also worry about the risk of people driving under the influence of marijuana. Law enforcement officials are urging voters to reject the measure ...

  • For these college students, the most difficult test may be basic survival

    For these college students, the most difficult test may be basic survival

    Oct 25, 2016 11:36 PM EDT

    The biggest challenge for these college students may not be exams or papers, but finding the means to survive. While the University of California system has worked to bring in more first-generation and “non-traditional” students, helping them stay, succeed and meet basic needs like getting enough food requires greater investment. Jeffrey Brown reports from Berkeley,...

  • France to shut down 'Jungle' migrant camp early next week

    France to shut down 'Jungle' migrant camp early next week

    Oct 21, 2016 09:37 PM EDT

    The camp, located in northern France, has become a hub for migrants hoping to cross the English channel into the U.K. and is home to as many as 10,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East.