The western Coachella Valley's three overnight homeless shelters have closed, sending nearly 100 individuals back onto the streets amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Housing and Homeslessness
The RV park is part of California's Project Room Key program, which aimed to open up 15,000 hotel rooms to the state's homeless population when the pandemic took hold in March.
How the massive CZU Lightning Complex fire could have lasting impacts on housing and homelessness.
Wildfire smoke plus coronavirus has created a terrible health outlook for an already vulnerable population.
A look inside an expanded syringe program and a new camp.
A pandemic, a shift in homeless services and two new reports.
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Child welfare agencies use a shadow system to remove kids from their parents’ care. Nobody knows how many children are placed this way or what happens to them in new homes.
Amid the pandemic, changes to the county’s needle exchange programs are on hold.
"The experience of working with our subjects for more than a year changed my own ideas about homelessness and how to report on it."