On the Tuesday, December 30, 2025, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The issue of homelessness continues to plague the U.S. One of the demographics hit hardest is students under the age of 18. USA TODAY ...

When families have safe, stable housing, access to high-quality early development programs, and other supports that meet ...

When Jasmine was fifteen, her mother’s struggle with addiction made home unsafe. Her father was in jail, and she drifted between friends’ couches and emergency shelters. Sometimes she was picked up by ...

WASHINGTON – After T’Roya Jackson discovered the paint in her apartment gave her daughter lead poisoning, she and her children moved out. They couch-surfed for a while before moving into a homeless ...

For the past six years, I have been providing support and basic survival supplies to people who live outside, focusing on resources such as food, clothing, laundry, medical/dental care, mental health ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PHOENIX (AP) — Karla Finocchio’s slide into ...

Students, parents and immigrant advocates march near City Hall in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The rally was held in response to an order New York Mayor Eric Adams issued in October limiting ...

Each bed at Sally’s Sanctuary is covered in a quilt made by a group of volunteer quilters led by Wendy Hopwood of Canonsburg. A new chapter is beginning for women and children in crisis as City ...

As adults it’s easy to forget that a backpack can represent many things. Each fall, it starts empty, waiting to be filled—not just with school supplies, but with hopes and dreams for a brighter future ...