When people hear my homeless stories, they often expect statistics, headlines or stereotypes. What they rarely expect is the truth of lived experience—the long nights wondering where to sleep, the ...
It takes 20 minutes to find out if you have HIV. On a Monday in March, Dulce Delgado, a 37-year-old woman living in a tent on a hill, held out her hand. Prizma Mercado, a member of a roving medical ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the first time in a decade, L.A. County homeless deaths declined, with a 10% drop in mortality rate driven by ...
Early last year, Xaz Willcuts, 33, thought she might go on using fentanyl and methamphetamines for the rest of her life. She had been homeless for almost a decade and doubted whether any place would ...
COLORADO SPRINGS — Kenneth Murriel, the executive director at Superior Connections, a recovery and support center for the formerly unhoused, is hoping to bridge the gap between the homeless population ...
For more than two decades, Jeffrey Pendleton worked jobs that paid enough to support himself and family members. But a series of setbacks unfolded soon after he moved from Florida to Georgia for a new ...
The mortality rate among homeless people in Los Angeles County decreased for the first time in more than 10 years, though one public health leader warned the welcome gains are at risk of being lost ...