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Deaf and Homeless Father Gains Sobriety and Restores Family

HE SEES WHAT COUNTS –   May 31, 2022 - Porter-Henderson’s parents divorced when she was young, and her mom…

2 years ago

Some Opioid Addictions Begin in the Hospital

AND END UP ON THE STREET –   MAY 27, 2022 -  It was a nurse who first introduced Stretch…

2 years ago

Confessions of Grunge God

AUDIO – SO MANY LOSSES –  March 7, 2022 - Lanegan, who died Feb. 22 at the age of 57,…

2 years ago

700,000 US Teens Navigate School Without Family Support or Permanent Housing

EDUCATION IS NOW A LUXURY ITEM –   Jan. 3, 2022 - Others, like Ruby, were booted out when they…

2 years ago

‘I give because I know what it’s like to have nothing’

REAL ANGELS OF CHRISTMAS –   Dec. 28, 2021 - Lynne Corry arrived at Samaritan Daytop Village in 1997 with…

2 years ago

San Francisco Approves Emergency Declaration In Tenderloin

WATCH – DRASTIC ACTION –   Dec. 24, 2021 - “We know this increase in police presence will disproportionately impact…

2 years ago

San Francisco Mayor Declares State of Emergency Over Overdose Crisis

WATCH – I STOPPED MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO –   Dec. 17, 2021 - San Francisco Mayor London Breed…

2 years ago

Fentanyl & Meth Led to More Mental Illness, Homelessness & Death

LISTEN – HUMANITY ON THE SKIDS –   Nov. 19, 2021 - Quinones tells Press Play that this book is…

2 years ago

How One Dentist is Addressing Homelessness and Addiction

WATCH – ONE TOOTH AT A TIME –   Oct. 10, 2021 - Dr. David Frank, owner of Walden Dental…

3 years ago

Man Beats Addiction and Homelessness to Start Crime Scene Cleaning Firm

IRONIC –    Sept. 30, 2021 - “I spent nights looking for a warm place to sleep. If you went…

3 years ago

Sweeping Mental Health Under the Rug

NO RELIEF IN SIGHT –    August 11, 2021- According to the Associated Press, “in California, a quarter of the…

3 years ago

Formerly homeless woman given furniture, TV, gift cards after finding housing

WATCH – SHE’S IN HEAVEN –   August 11, 2021 - Mallard has only spent a week in the new…

3 years ago

For Philadelphians in recovery there are ‘worse things in life than being isolated’

HUNGER AND A COLD DEATH –  July 28, 2021 - “During the pandemic, they wouldn’t let us leave the house,…

3 years ago

The man who came in from the cold

AND CHICAGO DOES GET COLD –    July 16, 2021 - But that winter it also cost him the last…

3 years ago

Homeless alcoholic has just earned full scholarship

EVERYDAY MIRACLE –  June 8, 2021 - But homelessness and forced separation from her son followed before she began a…

3 years ago

Washington Square Park ‘drug den’ horrifies Greenwich Village neighbors

WHERE SHOULD THEY GO? –  May 29, 2021- The city responded to more than a month of complaints and numerous…

3 years ago

Homeless addicts hit bottom now on the verge of breaking free

DAYLIGHT! –  May 1, 2021 - Women of all ages arrive in damaged condition, spirits broken, having lost it all.…

3 years ago

From Yale to Wall Street to homelessness.

NOW HE’S RISING UP –  April 17, 2021 - Lost his business, his home, the car he was living in,…

3 years ago

Mobile Clinic Helps Las Vegas Homeless Combat Addiction

A SAFE BET –   January 23, 2021 - Services include: clean needle exchange, wound care, substance abuse rehabilitation, and…

3 years ago

Covid Poses ‘greatest threat to mental health since WWII’

From across the pond... –   Dec. 27, 2020 - The coronavirus crisis poses the greatest threat to mental health…

3 years ago

Coping With COVID

Carefully –   Dec. 28, 2020 - With the pandemic monopolizing government time, energy and resources, treatment programs with limited…

3 years ago

Man Starts Knitting Group to Help People Recover From Addiction

Idle hands... –  Dec. 27, 2020 - As Mendonca spent his days knitting yarn and making his own unique creations,…

3 years ago

Jewel on Reconciling with “Abusive” Father After He Got Sober

Shining Brighter Than Ever –  November 19, 2020 - No longer willing to put up with the abuse, Jewel moved…

3 years ago

Homeless Men Moved Into Tourist Hotel. What Followed Was Unexpected

Home is where the Love is –  November 13, 2020 - An opera singer who also studied public relations is…

4 years ago

S.F.’s passive approach to the drug crisis is costing lives, too

War on drugs, peace on drugs –   Nov. 14, 2020 - But despite the crisis growing so much more…

4 years ago

‘We Are Tired, And Fed Up’: Residents Say Treatment Programs Saturating Harlem

WATCH – There goes the neighborhood –  Nov. 14, 2020 - “To see someone shooting dope and not caring who…

4 years ago

The Dog Who Saved Me

A Tail of Hope –  October 2020 - Brayson’s name was meant to sound soft and approachable for fear of…

4 years ago

California sheriff’s department to pair therapists with deputies

Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson? –   Oct. 24, 2020 - A sheriff’s office in Nevada County, California, is launching…

4 years ago

DEBUNKED: Intersections of Addiction, Homelessness and the COVID-19 Pandemic

LISTEN – Public Radio – Sep. 28, 2020 - For those experiencing homelessness, navigating life during coronavirus brings some unique…

4 years ago

Mark Cuban Helps Homeless NBA Player Check Into Rehab

Doing the right thing – Sep. 30, 2020 - When images of Delonte West emerged online showing the former NBA…

4 years ago