Volunteers kept looking. Carla Vanegas, the Rescue Mission’s director of outreach, spotted some bedding along an embankment.

Advocates are raising concerns about whether Santa Clara County is going to undercount the number of homeless residents this year. Every two years, the county participates in a federally mandated ...

Every year, homeless support groups dedicate one January evening to the “Point-In-Time” (PIT) count to identify how many homeless people are living in the area.

Columbia's police officers are having more frequent encounters with homeless people -- so many that the Columbia Police Department has a team dedicated to dealing with that part of the population. The ...

Lawsuits and ordinances force homeless service providers to divert resources from helping homeless people to defending their missions in court.