Homelessness

The Connecting Grounds church created a free app for people to find Springfield-area homeless shelters, food banks and other community resources.

Thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act — a COVID recovery law signed by President Biden early in his term — Springfield City Council now has millions in federal money to address pandemic budget problems and spend on issues like homelessness and affordable housing.

Recently a church in Springfield serving unsheltered people came out with its latest “Street Census.” Compared to 12 months ago, church officials found the number of homeless individuals in the area has doubled — even as volunteer preparations for this year's crisis winter shelters kick into high gear.

An estimated $2.8 billion in federal housing grants are now available throughout the country. Here are details on how local organizations can apply for some of that funding.

November is Homeless Awareness Month, and the Community Partnership of the Ozarks is working to educate the public about unsheltered individuals in…

This week on Making Democracy Work, host Maggie Castrey, speaks with Amanda Stadler, Continuum of Care Coordinator with Community Partnership of the…

Lynn Schirk wants unaccompanied youth and homeless families with school-age kids to know: There’s help through the school district for things like…

The Ozarks Alliance to End Homelessness, Springfield-Greene, Christian and Webster Counties’ Continuum of Care, has been awarded more than a million…

The temperature is plummeting to extremely cold levels this week. On nights when the temperature drops below freezing, cold weather shelters in…