Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
While Mississippi has the lowest rate of homelessness in the nation — 3.3 per 10,000 residents — there are roughly 1,000 unhoused people, most of whom are located in the Jackson metro and Gulf ...
The number for January 2024 is 18.1% higher than in 2023, when officials counted about 650,000 people living in homeless shelters or in parks and on streets. In 2022, the population of people ...
By 4:30 am. CDT, on August 29, 2005, just hours before Hurricane Katrina landfall, many shelters in Mississippi were full to capacity, including many Red Cross shelters, the Jackson Coliseum (which allowed pets), and five special-needs shelters. The shelters had filled within 24 hours of opening. [citation needed]
The Peachtree-Pine shelter in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Homeless shelters are a type of service that provides temporary residence for homeless individuals and families. Shelters exist to provide residents with safety and protection from exposure to the weather while simultaneously reducing the environmental impact on the community.
Covenant House is a large, 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization [1] in the Americas, whose goal is to provide safe housing and holistic care to youth ages 16–21 experiencing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking.
Jan. 14—TUPELO — A judge denied bond for a south Mississippi 18-year-old accused of the Wednesday evening armed robbery of a Tupelo business. Tupelo Municipal Court Judge Willie Allen said ...
World Shelters Task Force One operated in Hancock County, MS from September 15, 2005, until October 26, 2005, and deployed 80 shelter structures for relief efforts and housing. Remaining supplies and equipment went on to be used by Burners Without Borders , with support from The Buckminster Fuller Institute Archived June 30, 2006, at the ...
Apr. 29—TUPELO — The number of homeless people living in Tupelo jumped over the past year, a dramatic jump in the number of people living in shelters and on the streets. February's Point-in ...