DENVER — As vaccines roll out for vulnerable populations across the state, one vulnerable population — those experiencing homelessness — gained a strong public advocate. The City of Denver is urging the state to include homeless populations in its grouping of vulnerable Coloradans in need of priority vaccine distributions. “AsContinue Reading
But Jolantyte feels grateful for the fresh start, as she proudly dons her hospital gown and protective equipment each day, remembering how her family suffered after she lost her restaurant job last February and they became homeless. “It was such a cold time and we were moving from (one) temporaryContinue Reading
The doses come after the Minnesota Department of Health moved the groups into the third priority of the first phase of statewide vaccinations. “They have determined that they are categorizing the unsheltered and emergency sheltered and transitional housing as a 1A-3,” said Dan Jensen, the operations chief for Olmsted County’sContinue Reading
By Lin Taylor LONDON, Feb 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — With hundreds of people dying of coronavirus every day in Britain, Jolantyte has wrestled with her decision to start a new career caring for COVID-19 patients in a London hospital as a single mother with two children. But Jolantyte feels gratefulContinue Reading
This school year, schools identified around 420,000 fewer homeless students than last year. That would normally be a hopeful sign, but not during the pandemic. Advocates say there aren’t fewer students experiencing homelessness. It’s just that schools can’t find them. Click here to listen to the story: Deb Foust isContinue Reading
Greetings! I’m Winston Gieseke, philanthropy and special sections editor for The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, wondering how it got to be February so soon. Here are the latest headlines from the Golden State on this Monday. In California brings you top Golden State stories and commentary from across the USAContinue Reading
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The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission. Terri Gooley, a resource coordinator in the New York State Human Trafficking Intervention Court, remembers meeting a 17-year-old trafficking survivor. Someone the girl had trusted, a friend of her mother’s, gaveContinue Reading
When COVID-19 catapulted students into remote learning overnight, our kids lost more than an in-person learning experience. Children in frightening, unstable home environments lost precious hours of safety and certainty, and positive relationships with peers, teachers, principals and bus drivers. Students struggling with anxiety, depression or a host of otherContinue Reading
The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission. Terri Gooley, a resource coordinator in the New York State Human Trafficking Intervention Court, remembers meeting a 17-year-old trafficking survivor. Someone the girl had trusted, a friend of her mother’s, gaveContinue Reading