The city is changing the way it picks locations for new homeless shelters, officials announced Friday. The Department of Homeless Services released a new, open-ended request for proposals to serve as ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — City and county officials are getting a better sense of the homeless crisis in our community following the point-in-time count Friday morning. More than 600 volunteers hit the ...

Discrepancies in the Temple homeless population count prompted a local shelter to enact new procedures to more accurately identify the number of people needing help. Each January, local agencies ...

During her internship last summer with the Licking County Coalition for Housing in Ohio, McGinnis—a math and economics major—was asked to help estimate the population of homeless young people in the ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a revised strategy for clearing homeless encampments, focusing on outreach and resources instead of police-led sweeps. The move follows criticism of ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — There are a large number of homeless people in Arizona and Pima County. Getting an accurate count could lead to more federal dollars, a local group is gearing up to start an ...

The Assembly’s failure to pass AB1400 (Healthcare4All) put all Californians at risk for limited healthcare access and/or healthcare-generated financial burdens. Some populations are at greater risk ...

Homelessness is up. Homelessness is down. Encampments, not people, are being tallied over here. Kids, sans parents, are counted over there. There are several methods for quantifying homelessness in ...