The first time the Rev. Joelle Henneman met Ivan Vance, he showed up in the snowy cold of a January morning to volunteer his time moving 10,000 pounds of produce from a parking lot indoors for a free ...

As you walk along the banks of Buffalo Bayou near Allen’s Landing, the first thing noticeable about Percy Lyons, the subject of this week’s feature on Houston’s hidden homeless, is not his camp or his ...

MARIETTA — Bob Hempen comes in to work at 6:30 a.m. to oversee MUST Ministries’ 136-bed homeless shelter. The doors won’t open for three and a half hours. But there are already people lining up, ...

An Asheboro church facing closure finds new life as a shelter for homeless women and children. When a church in Asheboro, NC faced closure, local leaders made a bold decision. Instead of shuttering ...

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On a recent Thursday evening, Maria Morales pulled her car into a parking lot in downtown Miami. The 75-year-old, along with dozens of others experiencing homelessness, queued for a hot meal provided ...

Recently, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to remove the American homeless from the streets. It is my understanding that the order is supposed to facilitate access to individual ...

Collin Weller was once a college student who loved to read and create art. But over the years, problems with mental illness and a chronic physical health condition made day-to-day life painful, and he ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which collects data on America’s homeless people, defines homelessness as lacking a “fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.” Nationwide, ...