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Staffed by a nurse or nurse practitioner and clinical social worker, the new Minneapolis VA Mobile Medical Unit -- or MMU, for short -- will be stationed on Tuesdays outside the Catholic Charities Opportunity Center in St Paul.

After serving stateside during the Vietnam War, Sidney Patterson found himself sleeping in cars, abandoned buildings and other sites he wasn’t proud to call home. Homeless off and on for 14 years, he finally found stability in 1990 with the help of a church and the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which instructed him as to the kinds of VA services he would qualify for, from ...

At this week’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, city leaders will receive an update about a number of ongoing homelessness response initiatives, including th

For services the city council wants for homeless programs so it is a death loop so they are not doing anything to change to get people to come back in the people who can leave our people who have high-paying jobs and can work remotely -- >> they are also passing more bills to allow for more homelessness. they are encouraging more homelessness which means more crime and they are not getting people into rehab and not getting people mental health care who desperately need it and if the da and mayor...

The City of Missoula may take on a greater role in addressing homelessness as it considers several million dollars in funding requests.

A new Homeless Programs coordinator has been hired in the City of Lawrence’s Housing Initiatives Division, and the city plans to soon begin recruitment for so

Story updated at 4:53 p.m. Friday, July 7: Lawrence city commissioners next week will begin considering a $471 million budget for 2024 that would add

Rowe rejected the idea homeless people were 'service-resistant,' feeling they would come indoors if people would only listen to them.

Opinion: Tracy Kidders new "Rough Sleepers" illustrates the power of putting the person first in medicine, writes Andy Douglas.

Updated at 3:12 p.m. Monday, April 24 City of Lawrence leaders have begun informing community members staying at the city-sanctioned support site for