Homeless

The initiative is part of the mandated federal Point in Time Count.

The nonprofit gives homeless women a place to recover after being discharged from a hospital stay.

The fundraiser, Hot Soup, Cold Nights, will help pay for hotel rooms for those without shelter.

Springfield's 11 volunteer crisis shelters are open overnight on below freezing evenings through winter.

The nonprofit provides a safe place to recover for homeless women with an acute medical issue.

Last Spring Jordan Valley Community Health Center began a project to reach homeless individuals outside their campus downtown. Mid-September, after conversations with the City involving complaints from neighboring properties, they paused this outreach.

Jackie Rehwald, public affairs reporter for the Springfield Daily Citizen, discusses her reporting on the clearing of homeless encampments by Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott.

With temperatures forecast in the 90s this weekend, winter seems far away. But those who provide services to Springfield’s homeless are working to make…