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Often a last resort for low-income families, hotel living can lead to — or exacerbate — various physical and mental issues for children, say advocates for families and researchers who study homelessness.

Proposing a housing-first model, a new AHCA housing assistance pilot program combines health care and homeless services to secure housing for qualifying Medicaid recipients.

The American Muslim Community Clinic mobile clinic provides primary care to the unhoused population in the Orlando area. It continues to see more and more people, but finances are not keeping up.

Agents are providing fraudulent information on applications for health plans. Those who are signed up are disqualified from other forms of free and low-cost care and risk disruptions in treatments.

The veterinary tranquilizer xylazine, the choice du jour of local drug dealers to cut fentanyl, leads to necrotic ulcers and leaves street medics and physicians confused about how best to deal with this wave of the opioid crisis.

In Montana and across the nation, homeless shelters report the worrisome trend that seniors are a growing proportion of their residents.

Supplemental Security Income, a federal program meant to be a financial floor for people unable to work, hasn't kept pace with inflation. Many recipients are homeless, unable to save for an apartment.

Residents at a tent shelter get health care they often struggle to access elsewhere. Students learn to adapt treatment when the ideal solution isn't feasible.

The County Commission approved the use of American Rescue Plan funds for Pathlight HOME, which says it will provide housing for more than 600 people in Orlando.

Aidil Oscariz, a community engagement and policy consultant with Catalyst Miami, says requiring proof of residency is a public health issue and should be eliminated.