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Numbers from the 2024 Point in Time Count show a 12% decrease in Tarrant County’s homeless population compared to the previous year.
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The Our Daily Bread shelter in Denton is partnering with the city to help residents experiencing homelessness rejoin the workforce through a new job readiness program that also provides personal and professional training.
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Housing Forward says it plans to provide rapid rehousing services for as many as 6,000 people in the next two years.
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Homelessness is on the rise across Tarrant County, with 2,700 people – more than a third of whom are living on the streets – counted, according to a recent Point in Time count.
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Local and national civil rights groups say the Dallas ban on standing on road medians criminalizes poverty.
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Heat-related emergency calls have spiked amid historic heat. Cooling centers are available in major cities but often close in the late afternoon — during the hottest parts of the day.