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Hope Kitchen is a new food services internship program for people experiencing homelessness. It’s held at the Kelly Shelter in Medford.
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Two new bills would allow state funding to support sober housing for homeless residents, a significant departure from California’s current ‘housing first’ law.
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The homeless service nonprofit Rogue Retreat recently turned to Facebook Marketplace to sell some of its rigid tents.
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All but two California counties are delaying their implementation of a new law that makes it easier for a court to place someone in involuntary confinement if they can’t care for their own medical needs or personal safety.
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In a statement of interest filed on Tuesday, the Department of Justice said the city's request to decide the case should be denied.
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California’s population of homeless veterans has plateaued despite billions of dollars in state spending to create housing for former military service members. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to shift the state’s resources to focus on veterans with serious mental health conditions.
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The City of Grants Pass has requested that the U.S. Supreme Court consider a case involving the city’s ordinances regulating homelessness. In 2020, a court in Medford ruled those ordinances were unconstitutional because of elements they considered cruel and unusual punishment.
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Medicaid provides health care for tens of millions of low-income Americans. Now, for the first time, it's being used for housing and rent for people who are homeless or in danger of becoming so.
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Solutions to the state’s homelessness crisis aren’t uniform, as they need to be tailored to each person’s specific needs. And any fixes will take collective action, public investment and considerable time to achieve, making the work anything by simple.
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The path out of Oregon's homelessness crisis isn’t simple, nor is it direct. But solutions do exist. To uncover them, it’s important to first understand the origins of this crisis.
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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek visited Lake, Klamath and Jackson counties the first week of October as part of her pledge to visit all 36 counties during her term.
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Fed up with homeless encampments, California local officials are seeking guidance from the nation’s most powerful judges.
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California collects a special tax on high incomes to fund mental health services. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to change how the money is spent so a share of it can be used to fund housing for homeless people with mental illnesses.
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Around a hundred Ashland residents brought concerns to a neighborhood meeting Thursday night about a new homeless shelter the city plans to open in November.