A plan from the city Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to temporarily bar from the shelter system homeless families who refuse permanent housing was put on hold last Thursday, when State Supreme ...

Community members and students stood outside the City-County building in Pittsburgh to bring awareness to the growing number of homeless kids in Allegheny County. Members of the Homeless Children ...

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To an untrained eye, the “gross motor room” at the Edgerley Family Horizons Center in Boston looks like any other indoor gym for preschoolers. There are mats on the floor, large foam blocks, shapes ...