homeless

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,…

4 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…

4 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…

4 years ago

Coping With COVID

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

4 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,…

4 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…

4 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

New York Hotel to House 283 Homeless Men Recovering from Substance Abuse

Movin’ on up – July 24, 2020 - The city has been using hotels — which have mostly been closed…

4 years ago

Psychiatric nurse pens book on surviving homelessness and drug abuse

WATCH – Park Bench to Park Avenue – July 15, 2020  - Brown shares his raw journey out of homelessness…

4 years ago

Homeless left waiting weeks for drug treatment, mental health care

Please Hurry! –         February 17, 2020 - “When you look at homelessness, one of the pieces is…

5 years ago

Number of Homeless Students Rises to New High

It Has Come To This! –  February  3, 2020 - It was the highest number recorded in more than a…

5 years ago

San Francisco to open tent ‘sobering’ center for meth users

It has come to this! –  February 6, 2020 - HealthRight 360, one of the largest San Francisco drug treatment…

5 years ago