I thought a story about Sonoma County’s alternative crisis response program would be straightforward. Instead, I ran into ...

An Oklahoma lawmaker proposed legislation last month that would make it a crime, punishable by up to a year in jail, for ...

One county’s plan to use the money to address staffing turnover has sparked debate over whether it aligns with the ...

Mark DenDekker, 61, became homeless after job loss and injuries. His story is an all-too-familiar one for homeless service ...

Ethnic Media Collaborative symposium in Los Angeles last week, panelists pointed to gaps in the current mental health care ...

At the start of last year, I was hearing stories all around me about new mothers receiving sky-high delivery bills. Large medical bills are an unfortunate byproduct of our unequal health care system, ...

Yesterday we heard about the origins of the Children, Youth, and Families Department, and the state’s decades of struggle to provide care for New Mexico’s most vulnerable children. CYFD improved for a ...

Janet Wilson is a veteran journalist based in southern California. As an environment reporter and editor at the Los Angeles Times, she covered everything from inner city neighborhoods grappling with ...