Tag: Social services
LA homeless spending could near $1B as crisis rages
LOS ANGELES — Faced with an out-of-control homeless crisis, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday will propose spending nearly $1 billion in the...
EXPLAINER: The law and science behind the CDC’s eviction ban
When the U.S. government enacted a ban on evictions, it did so through an unlikely agency: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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NY social service agency sued for not allowing X gender mark
ALBANY, N.Y. — Nonbinary New Yorkers who currently must declare themselves as male or female to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other public assistance...
Report shows US homelessness rising even before pandemic
WASHINGTON — Homelessness in America was on the rise even before the coronavirus pandemic dramatically dragged down the economy, according to a government report....
Collaboration with police divides social workers across US
CHICAGO — Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a...
LA opens its first tiny home village to ease homeless crisis
LOS ANGELES — Amy Skinner took notice when brightly colored structures started taking shape earlier this year on a drab patch of asphalt across...
Thousands of Ukrainian women march against domestic violence
KYIV, Ukraine — Thousands of women marched through the center of Ukraine's capital on International Women's Day to draw attention to domestic violence, which...
San Francisco paying $16.1 million for homeless tent camps
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is paying $16.1 million to feed and house people in tent villages as the city struggles with a swelling...
Thousands flee rebel violence in Central African Republic
BANGASSOU, Central African Republic — Monique Moukidje fled her home in Central African Republic’s town of Bangassou in January when rebels attacked with heavy...
Venezuelan migrants welcome new Colombian protection measure
BOGOTA, Colombia — Venezuelan migrants in Colombia welcomed a historic decision by that country to grant them protection for the next 10 years and...
