Tag: Social services
Los Angeles considers stricter limits on homeless camping
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles city leaders are poised to pass sweeping restrictions Thursday on one of the nation’s largest homeless populations, making it...
Indiana social services agency leader leaving for new job
INDIANAPOLIS — The head of Indiana’s state health care and social services agency is leaving the position after more than four years and will...
End to COVID-19 hotel housing for homeless raises worries
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Everyone on the streets knows “Sir Charles," the skinny guy with the saxophone, sunglasses, felt hat and megawatt smile. At...
Teen baker sweetens lives making desserts for those in need
Vedika Jawa’s mission to sweeten the lives of those in need began when she was just 13, on a family trip to San Francisco....
As prisons close, communities look to repurpose buildings
One shuttered prison in Connecticut has been repurposed for document storage. Another is used to process and train newly hired correction officers. A third...
California governor proposes $12B to house state’s homeless
SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state...
Housing agency ends Trump-era anti-transgender shelter rule
WASHINGTON — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is withdrawing a Trump-era policy that would have allowed taxpayer-funded homeless shelters to deny access...
Hungary’s government spars with mayor over homeless hospital
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's right-wing government and the liberal leadership of the country's capital city are absorbed in a conflict over a hospital for...
Senior UN migration official visits migrant camps in Bosnia
BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A senior U.N. migration official visiting Bosnia on Wednesday called for an end to abuse against migrants and refugees trying to...
Judge orders LA to offer shelter for homeless on Skid Row
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles on Tuesday ordered the city and county to find...
