Services for the Homeless News
News and information on the role that government, small business, the nonprofit sector and philanthropy play in creating healthy and vibrant communities.
The Synergy Project is a group that moved into Allentown after years of serving the youth in Bucks County. Their work takes them to dangerous areas where kids camp.
The group, where federal grants...more
Two nonprofits, Common Ground Santa Barbara County and the Central Coast Collaborative on Homelessness, are soliciting for 500 volunteers to conduct a survey of homelessness in the county.
The...more
Nashville Coalition for the Homeless presents with the Phyllis M. Frank Volunteer Award to local volunteers Julie Davis and Cheryl Hays of Re-New, a program at the YWCA of Nashville & Middle...more
The L.D. 1717, An Act to Support Homeless Shelters, a bill proposed by Lewiston Democratic Sen. Margaret Craven, is comprised of two sections.
The first section proposes funding for homeless youth...more
Pierce county volunteers has recently conducted a homelessness survey to paint a more definitive picture of what the county needs to do to address this concern.
Volunteers ask the homeless to...more
According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the number of homeless veterans has significantly dropped.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki sees the result as...more
Vancouver's steering committee on homelessness sees the emergence of homeless seniors a serious issue.
The eighth annual Homeless Action Week this year puts a spotlight on the "hidden homeless"...more
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is Saturday, Nov. 16, through Sunday, Nov. 24, at Appalachian State University.
The week-long recognition brings attention to issues of national poverty,...more
According to a 2011 Homelessness Resource Center study, 23.5 percent of homeless are teens and young adults.
These teens and young adults are largely invisible, buried beneath the visible homeless...more
California passes law that aims to "change a pattern of homeless teens avoiding shelters, schools and healthcare out of fear they will be reported to child services and forced to return to...more
