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Fort Worth launches $1M pilot program to combat rising homelessness in local areas
The partnership with a nonprofit would offer permanent housing and counseling services to people facing homelessness for extended periods of time, or suffering severe mental illness.
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Business pitch competition inspires Dallas youth at risk for homelessness
Interfaith Family Services hosted its inaugural business pitch competition in honor of Black History Month called Past Meets Present.
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Interfaith Family Services hosts business pitch competition for children in Dallas
The business pitch competition took place in honor of Black History Month.
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Serving second chances with The Stewpot
Help The Stewpot continue to support at-risk individuals at their annual, Soup’s On, luncheon.
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Several major counties holding Point-in-Time homelessness count
NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us about how organizations will soon have a clearer picture of the homelessness crisis in North Texas and across the nation.
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Volunteers needed for annual Point-in-Time count of homeless population in North Texas
Organizations will soon have a clearer picture of the homelessness crisis in North Texas and across the nation.
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Special Dallas City Council session to be held on homelessness
A special Dallas City Council Housing Committee will focus solely on the issue of homelessness on Thursday evening.housin
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North Dallas neighborhood concerned about homeless encampment
It’s not uncommon in to see North Texans facing homelessness asking for help in public places. But NBC 5’s Vince Sims reports residents in a Dallas neighborhood near Forest and Central Expressway say the city needs to do something about a nearby homeless encampment
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Some residents in North Dallas want the city to do more to address nearby homeless encampments
In their North Dallas neighborhood is a homeless encampment. At nearby Forest Lane and I-75 there are others facing homelessness in an area where a lot of panhandling happens.
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US homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and coronavirus pandemic aid lapses
About 653,000 people were homeless, the most since the country began using the yearly point-in-time survey in 2007.
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Dallas puts brakes on South Hampton Homeless Plan
The Dallas City Council Wednesday put brakes on a controversial plan for homeless housing at a former hospital building on South Hampton Road.
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City of Dallas puts plan for vacant hospital on hold
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council put the brakes on a controversial plan for homeless housing at a vacant hospital—homes, a library, and a school surrounding South Hampton Road. And the county commissioner is vehemently opposed. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports money saved there could complete another long-delayed housing plan.
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Man charged in series of homeless murders recently received $700K settlement from Calif. city
The man charged Monday with the serial murders of three homeless men around Los Angeles, and the follow-home robbery and murder of an LA County employee in San Dimas, was the recipient of a $700,000 personal injury payment in recent months, court records and city officials confirmed.
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LAPD makes an arrest in killing of 3 homeless people in LA
An arrest has been made in the killing of three homeless men in the last week, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a press conference Saturday.
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Tarrant County Homeless Coalition receives $2.5 million grant from Bezos Day 1 Families Fund
Tarrant County Homeless Coalition, a nonprofit leading the community solution to homelessness in Tarrant County, announced that it has received a $2.5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund.
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Combating homelessness with Interfaith
Help support Interfaith Family Services in the fight against poverty and homelessness at their 16th Annual Golf Classic.
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Dallas ISD Homeless Education Program is set to receive thousands of shoes for students
Through a partnership with Soles4Souls Dallas ISD students will receive new athletic shoes for students experiencing homelessness.
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Fort Worth Nonprofit in Need of Volunteers to Help People Experiencing Homelessness
Cloud Covered Streets is looking for hair stylists, barbers, massage therapists, and general volunteers to help them meet basic personal care needs for people experiencing homelessness.
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Dallas Mayor Says New Homelessness Task Force Will Be Different
Dallas leaders have worked for years to combat homelessness, but anyone who drives through the city can still see homeless people living in tents and under bridges.
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Dallas Mayor's New Plan to Combat Homelessness
Dallas leaders have been working for years to combat homelessness. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports on the Dallas mayor’s new plan to make a difference.