Darlene A. White, Special to The Detroit News Published 9:11 p.m. ET June 18, 2021 You never know how someone sees you through their eyes. One local artist says he sees the good in everyone and uses his artistic skills to shed light on homelessness in the Detroit area. “I felt […]
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Sammy the Homeless 19-Year-Old Cat Adopted After Viral Birthday Party
A homeless cat who turned 19 in the care of an Ohio animal sanctuary on Tuesday has been adopted after staff threw him a birthday party. Sammy became a hit online this week after Cincinnati Animal CARE Humane Society employees adorned his cage with decorations and gathered to wish him […]
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Two Oakland nonprofits burned. New homeless camp policy didn’t help
OAKLAND — After being forced into a year-long hiatus by the pandemic, the Junior Center of Art and Science finally was ready to welcome kids back for in-person camps this summer. Now, those much-anticipated plans are on hold after a fire severely damaged the Junior Center building in Lake Merritt’s […]
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Family of 8 is homeless no more, thanks to donations from N.J. couple’s Griswold light display
The noise of children playing in their bedrooms traveled down the steep stairs to the living room of Noreen Owens where she just finished helping one of her seven children with virtual class in their Camden home. Once done, her daughter Charish, 17, grabbed her computer and ran upstairs to […]
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What it’s like to learn online from inside a homeless shelter
The teacher on the screen told Lashay to pick a country, then draw its flag and list three facts about it. “A-l-g-e-r-i-a,” Lashay decided, even though she had never heard of it before. “And the first fact is that it’s beautiful.” The eight children, gathered inside a converted living room […]
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Historic Louisiana hurricane season leaves people homeless for the holidays
LAKE CHARLES, La. – Heading into the Christmas holiday, people in Lake Charles are still recovering from not one, but two major storms: Hurricane Laura devastated the area in August and just six weeks later Hurricane Delta followed suit. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), more than 1,000 people are […]
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Local officials reach out to homeless students in Volusia County
The Daytona Beach News-Journal As you read this, there are students in Volusia County schools who don’t know where they will sleep tonight, and others who rely on the precarious hospitality of friends, family or acquaintances. Some, including children who are heartbreakingly young, are still with their parents. Others are […]
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Homeless Angels need help caring for baby girl born in shelter
OWOSSO, Mich. (WJRT) – (10/30/2020) – Shiawassee County’s only homeless shelter is meeting the need just in time. An expectant mother walked into Homeless Angels in Owosso last week, to make sure her daughter would have a home by the time she was born. “God’s timing is everything,” Director Shelly […]
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Des Moines family celebrates one year out of homeless shelter, thankful they’re safe during pandemic
Shannon Summers thanks God every day she and her family have their own home, especially during COVID-19. DES MOINES, Iowa — Today, Shannon Summers can’t wipe the smile off her face. “I’m excited! We haven’t been in a house of our own for a year,” said Summer. “It’s pretty cool. […]
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New York Homeless Students, Parents Demand Wi-Fi in Shelters
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images For Christlie, a 33-year-old mother of two living in the Regents Family Residence on the Upper West Side, getting on the internet is an exhausting daily battle. She and her daughter Amina, 9, both need web access: Christlie is a communications student at Borough of Manhattan […]
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Shipping containers in Los Angeles becoming homes for the homeless | News Headlines
(CNN) — Jonelle Kilgore tapped away at his online homework with Jasmine the puppy on his lap in their South Los Angeles home. The 12-year-old boy and his dog sat on a couch in not just any home, but one made from four recycled shipping containers. “I like it, I […]
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In Los Angeles, shipping containers becoming homes for the homeless
“I like it, I liked moving in here,” Jonelle told CNN on a recent September day. “It’s a home for us.” Two years ago Jonelle, his father John and four siblings received the keys to their four-bedroom container apartment and it seems like a glimmer of hope in the quest […]
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What Homeless Students Have to Deal With to Go to School During COVID
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Most nights, people fight and scream outside the small room where Elizabeth Maldonado and her four children sleep—or try to, at least—at a homeless shelter in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Maldonado’s 15-year-old daughter, in particular, fears that if […]
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Catholic Charities to host meetings on relocation of Syracuse homeless shelter
Syracuse, N.Y. — Catholic Charities will host a series of community meetings to hear concerns about the proposed location of a new facility for homeless men on the city’s west side. Catholic Charities plans to move a 100-bed homeless shelter from 1074 S. Clinton St. to 501 W. Genesee St. […]
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Work Or Online Learning? Homeless Families Face An Impossible Choice : NPR
Freda and her 9-year-old son visit the Purple People Bridge in Cincinnati. She and her five children have been living in the front room of a friend’s apartment, sleeping on pads of bunched-up comforters. Maddie McGarvey for NPR hide caption toggle caption Maddie McGarvey for NPR Freda and her 9-year-old […]
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Homeless shelter for women open in Sacramento, California
A long-awaited shelter for homeless women is set to open Thursday in Sacramento’s Meadowview neighborhood. The 24-hour shelter, near the corner of Meadowview Road and 24th Street, will provide 50 women with a place to sleep, eat, use the bathroom and shower, as well as medical, mental health, rehousing and […]