4:14pm Apr 03, 2020
Health & Safety
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NC Counties Take Steps To Keep Homeless Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic
It’s hard to shelter in place when you have no place to call home.
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3:03pm Mar 27, 2020Health & Safety Health & SafetyNonprofits Battle COVID-19 On The Front Lines
As the pandemic continues to disrupt our lives here in the Triad, local nonprofits entrusted to help society’s most vulnerable are themselves struggling to provide services in compliance with COVID
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Kirk Siegler / NPR 5:04am Feb 19, 2020National NationalTo Combat Homelessness, Spokane Is Starting To Put Relationships Before Punishments
America's worsening homelessness crisis can feel like an intractable problem. But Spokane, Wash., may be having some early success trying some new tactics to help its most vulnerable. -
Eric Westervelt / NPR 12:46pm Jan 13, 2020National NationalSprawling Homeless Camps — Modern 'Hoovervilles' — Vex California
The wrangling over what to do about a sprawling homeless camp in Santa Rosa, Calif., highlights how hard it is to find answers for a growing crisis across California and much of the West. -
Anna Maria Barry-Jester/Kaiser Health News 11:50am Jan 10, 2020Science Science Health & SafetySweeps Of Homeless Camps In California Aggravate Key Health Issues
Cities have tasked police and sanitation workers with dismantling homeless camps that they say pose a risk to health and safety. But that's meant some displaced people are losing needed medications. -
Chris Carlson / AP 5:31pm Jan 08, 2020National NationalCalifornia Governor Pushes $1.4 Billion Plan To Tackle Homelessness
As the state's homeless crisis grows, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing a plan to subsidize rent and build more affordable housing. The Trump administration has said state leaders are not doing enough. -
Katie Edwards/Ikon Images / Getty Images 5:00pm Jan 08, 2020Health & Safety Health & SafetyReduce Health Costs By Nurturing The Sickest? A Much-Touted Idea Disappoints
Matching the sickest patients with social workers and medical support doesn't reduce costly hospital readmissions, a study finds. Still, some believe greater social investment could make a difference. -
Anna Scott / KCRW 5:16am Dec 31, 2019National NationalIn Los Angeles, Number Of Homeless Homicide Victims Rising
Homelessness in Los Angeles is becoming more dangerous. One percent of LA's population lives on the streets or in shelters, but in 2019, homeless people made up about 17% of its homicide victims. -
Ben Margot / AP 2:39pm Dec 16, 2019National NationalSupreme Court Won't Hear Case On Ban Against Homeless Sleeping In Public Spaces
The denial upholds a lower court ruling that put severe limits on cities' ability to enforce anti-camping ordinances on streets and in public rights of way. Advocates for the homeless lauded the move. -
Jeenah Moon / Getty Images 12:34pm Dec 14, 2019National NationalOpinion: Should It Be Illegal To Sleep Outside?
Laws that ban sleeping outside favor relocation over resolving the problems that force people onto the streets. -
Richard Vogel / AP 5:00pm Dec 13, 2019National NationalHow Boise's Fight Over Homelessness Is Rippling Across The West Coast
Cities in the West that are dealing with an explosion of homelessness are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that limits camping bans in public parks and right of ways. -
Eleanor Vasilli / StoryCorps 4:20pm Nov 29, 2019A Mother And Daughter On Homelessness, Humility And A $6-A-Week Grocery Budget
When Sandy Baker left her marriage, she and her daughter moved into a hotel. They were homeless for over 2 years, and that, they said, left them with what mattered: Those who loved them the most.
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