In Nevada, homelessness rarely alone leads to child removal, but rising housing instability increasingly delays reunification and compounds other risks, highlighting gaps in affordable housing and prevention resources.
Health Equity & Social Justice
Clark County’s family shelters, created from former motels, are keeping unhoused families together, diverting thousands of children from foster care and saving millions by addressing housing as prevention.
In Washoe County, families who accept county-paid motel rooms when shelter beds run out are automatically referred to child welfare. Critics say the policy can deepen fear and stigma — and highlights how scarce affordable housing pushes families closer to CPS.
A Sun-Times review of more than 100 lawsuits against Centurion Health shows a recurring pattern: People in prison repeatedly complain about a health issue, are ignored by correctional and medical staff and their condition worsens to the point of dangerous complications or death.
Rides to Care, run by the Detroit Health Department, has completed more than 20,000 rides since the program’s inception last year, officials say.
Without access to a car, transportation alternatives can be unaffordable or inconvenient.
In Detroit, lack of transportation leaves patients vulnerable, but new initiatives aim to bridge the gap.
A son’s mission to transform his mom’s health turned into Peace Runners 773, a running and walking group around Garfield Park. It’s part of a broader effort to help people live longer.
Una investigación expone las “deportaciones médicas”: hospitales trasladan a pacientes migrantes graves fuera de EE. UU. para evitar costos, vulnerando derechos y poniendo vidas en riesgo.
A Sun-Times investigation found the state’s new prison health care provider comes with a disturbing track record.