See what county officials and community members are doing to understand and mitigate the effects of homelessness.
This story is the first in a series that examines homelessness in Jefferson County. Homelessness appears to be on the rise because of a variety of factors. Homelessness touches law enforcement, health service agencies, housing providers and other county resource providers, which are trying t…
This is the second installment in a series about homelessness in the county. It focuses on the organizations that work to help people who are homeless and the barriers, like a lack of affordable housing, that stand in the way of getting people who are unsheltered the help they need.
This is the third and final installment in a series about homelessness in the county. It focuses on the need for a homeless shelter in the county, as well as funding for that shelter, so the organizations that work to help people who are unhoused can better provide the services they need. Fo…
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