homlessness

Roughly 2,000 Kent County youth this year will sleep on the streets. The Grand Rapids branch of international nonprofit Covenant House is addressing teen homelessness hosting its inaugural Sleep Out fundraiser

The Michigan Department of Transportation is proposing new rules that would ban long-term camping, panhandling, and waste disposal at rest areas and carpool lots

Wyoming-based nonprofit Catherine’s Health Center is now staffing a full-service medical clinic at Mel Trotter Ministries in downtown Grand Rapids. WGVU’s David Limbaugh spoke with the center’s CEO Meghan Erskine about the new clinic.

A mobile unit will hit Grand Rapids’ streets this summer offering medical services to the city’s homeless population

Two finalists for the office of Grand Rapids Mayor took part in a debate Monday evening at the Wealthy Theatre

A new shelter in Grand Rapids is hoping to address a growing problem in the city: there is simply not enough room for the number of homeless families who…