MARIETTA — Bob Hempen comes in to work at 6:30 a.m. to oversee MUST Ministries’ 136-bed homeless shelter. The doors won’t open for three and a half hours. But there are already people lining up, ...

The first time the Rev. Joelle Henneman met Ivan Vance, he showed up in the snowy cold of a January morning to volunteer his time moving 10,000 pounds of produce from a parking lot indoors for a free ...

As you walk along the banks of Buffalo Bayou near Allen’s Landing, the first thing noticeable about Percy Lyons, the subject of this week’s feature on Houston’s hidden homeless, is not his camp or his ...

Twenty-seven degrees in a Port-A-Jon, the seat freezing my ass. I’m in the dark with a little flashlight. Chemically treated feces and urine splash up onto my anus. The wind howls, shaking the plastic ...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - It has been a very cold couple of nights here in South Georgia and the Lowndes Associated Ministries to People (LAMP), is doing everything it can to keep people off the streets.

Recently, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to remove the American homeless from the streets. It is my understanding that the order is supposed to facilitate access to individual ...

An Asheboro church facing closure finds new life as a shelter for homeless women and children. When a church in Asheboro, NC faced closure, local leaders made a bold decision. Instead of shuttering ...

Homeless men eat a hot meal outside Shady Grove Baptist Church in December 2024. At the time, David Mancuso, right, and Evan Gabeline, left, holding his puppy Athena, lived in tents in the same nearby ...

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Walk through the heart of any major American city today and you'll likely encounter a reality that's reshaping how urban ...

When playing the role of homeless people, making their living, what will you do to earn money, buy food, find a place to live, life is not easy, surviving in the city is a challenge. The life of a ...