New 'Promise House' set to serve multiple families experiencing homelessness

More cabins for homeless people coming to El Cajon

Three months after agreeing to indefinitely continue a program that provides small cabins for homeless women and children in El Cajon, the City Council is looking into ways to expand the village. Six emergency sleeping cabins have been at Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon since 2020 and so far have served 31 women and 18 children. Amikas, the nonprofit that built the cabins and runs the program, is interested in adding four more cabins. On Tue…

Providence House graduates ten families at Shreveport ceremony

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—Providence House is the only homeless shelter in North Louisiana that houses families, men, women, and children together. Ten families graduated from the program. Executive Director Verni Howard said, "Homelessness has no face, it's all, its everybody and so we really get to serve everyone in the space that they are in and that's a difference we make every single day. These graduation ceremonies is really just a great…

Housing for homeless families coming in September

Lea este artículo en español aquí.San Benito County is in the final stretch of completing a 16-unit housing development for homeless families, mostly funded by the state and located at the county-owned Migrant Center.  Designed to help ease the county’s rising homeless crisis, the project is set to be completed and ready to be occupied in September.Enrique Arreola, deputy director of the San Benito County Health & Human Services Agency, told Ben…

New 'Promise House' set to serve multiple families experiencing homelessness

ROCHESTER, Minn. - It was a celebration in the Med City as an official ribbon cutting marked the beginning of Family Promise Rochester's new shelter for families experiencing homelessness, known

ARCHES Family First offers resources for families facing homelessness

In just a few short weeks since opening its doors, ARCHES Family First has already provided essential support to 50 households facing homelessness, including 32 children in Marion and Polk counties.

Homelessness Rates Spike for Families, Putting Young Children at Risk - Early Learning Nation

In early February, Tateona Williams suffered the unthinkable. Around 1 a.m. on a freezing cold Monday, she parked her van in a Detroit parking garage and