Those surveying will be outside in the cold, not only tallying who is living on Chicago streets, but offering necessities like hats, hand warmers, and hygiene kits. Marissa Sulek reports.

A consortium of orgs are teaming to provide free self-tape home kits for actors who were displaced by the L.A. wildfires. Casting Workbook has teamed with The Bridge for Actors, IAMA Theatre Company, ...

For 15-year-old Alice Frankhouser, helping the homeless started when she was just 11 years old. On a cold winter night, she noticed a homeless person sleeping at a Uniontown bus stop. "I asked my mom ...

Newsome had a goal to gather people of all backgrounds and walks of life to pack more than 1,200 kits. "One of the quotes ...

A student-led service project in Mendota Heights has grown to attract the entire community. It is among several examples of youth-driven inspiration.

Almost every weekday, at a nondescript storefront on Pleasant Grove's Main Street, a kind of magical alchemy takes place when ...

On Saturday, dozens of volunteers showed up to the San Diego Hillcrest LGBT Center on Centre Street to help organize 500 ...

One by one, nearly a dozen people snaked through a line in Washington County’s Department of Human Services offices Friday ...

The Good Night Chicago initiative aims to distribute 1,632 of the weather-resistant packs — which convert into portable beds ...

Giffen said the mayor appeared to be basing his policies on “alarming incidents that make headlines,” rather than “meaningfully reducing homelessness in New York City.” “Homeless people ...

Sarmiento proposed spending $150,000 to provide emergency vouchers to homeless children and families during cold weather. That expenditure is reasonable – and provides direct aid to needy people ...