Apr 19 Community Ahead Of Budget Cuts, Homeless Activists Speak Out With Silence As Mayor Fischer finalizes his budget proposal for next year, homeless advocates say they hope he'll keep the city’s least fortunate in mind. By Amina Elahi Apr 19 Community Ahead Of Budget Cuts, Homeless Activists Speak Out With Silence Amina Elahi
Mar 27 Health Advocates Ask Metro Council To Protect City Funding For ‘The Living Room’ The Living Room program helps people with mental health and substance abuse issues avoid jail. But looming budget cuts threaten the program's future. By Kyeland Jackson Mar 27 Health Advocates Ask Council To Protect Funding For 'The Living Room' Kyeland Jackson
Jan 31 Community Louisville’s Low-Barrier Shelter Helps, But Some Homeless Still Face Cold Nights Recent efforts including a low-barrier shelter have helped get more people off the street. But even in this cold weather, there are some sleeping outside. By Amina Elahi Jan 31 Community Low-Barrier Shelter Helps, But Some Homeless Still Face Cold Nights Amina Elahi
Jan 29 Community Dangerously Cold Weather Prompts City To Activate White Flag Program The National Weather Service is predicting single-digit lows overnight Tuesday and a high on Wednesday of 11 with wind chill values as low as -16. By Kyeland Jackson Jan 29 Community Dangerously Cold Weather Prompts City To Activate White Flag Program Kyeland Jackson
Jan 2 Community City Funds To Support Low-Barrier Shelters, Item Storage For Homeless In its last session of 2018, the Metro Council voted to allocate more than half a million dollars of surplus funding to boost services for the homeless. By Amina Elahi Jan 2 Community City Funds To Support Low-Barrier Shelters, Item Storage For Homeless Amina Elahi
Dec 13 Politics Metro Council Allocates More Than Half A Million To Help Homeless The funds are intended to be used to temporarily store belongings, as well as to provide temporary shelter, including low-barrier shelters. By Amina Elahi Dec 13 Politics Metro Council Allocates More Than Half A Million To Help Homeless Amina Elahi
Nov 28 Community City Fines Owners Of Former Highlands Sterling Site For Homeless Camp A city inspector applied a $300 citation for violating public nuisance and unlawful use of property codes. “People occupying front of property, this is prohibited,” inspector Donald Gentry wrote. By Amina Elahi Nov 28 Community City Fines Owners Of Former Highlands Sterling Site For Homeless Camp Amina Elahi
Nov 19 Community Louisville Continues Crackdown On Homeless Camps The city is planning to clear out another homeless camp downtown, leaving some people who live there wondering where to go. By Kyeland Jackson Nov 19 Community Louisville Continues Crackdown On Homeless Camps Kyeland Jackson
Sep 18 Community Louisville Rescue Mission Changes Name, Expands To Southern Indiana Louisville Rescue Mission is expanding its women’s day shelter, opening a new branch in Jeffersonville and changing its name to Re:Center Ministries. By Lisa Gillespie Sep 18 Community Louisville Rescue Mission Changes Name, Expands To Southern Indiana Lisa Gillespie
Jul 30 Health How The Income Gap Fuels Ohio Valley’s Hep A Outbreak The number of cases of Hepatitis A continues to grow in the Ohio Valley. Officials across the region are scrambling to slow the spread of what they call an unusual outbreak. By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Jul 30 Health How The Income Gap Fuels Ohio Valley’s Hep A Outbreak Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jul 5 Investigations Instability Grows As Louisville Eviction Rate Doubles National Average Data show that poverty rates climb and populations wane where evictions have been the most common over the last 16 years. By Jacob Ryan and Alexandra Kanik Jul 5 Investigations Instability Grows As Louisville Eviction Rate Doubles National Average Jacob Ryan and Alexandra Kanik
Feb 3 Community Pilot Program Seeks Louisville Residents To House Homeless Young Adults The Coalition for the Homeless has received the needed funds to launch a pilot program to house homeless young adults in Louisville, officials said this week. By Kyeland Jackson Feb 3 Community Pilot Program Seeks Residents To House Homeless Young Adults Kyeland Jackson
Jan 26 Community On A Cold, Dark Morning, Volunteers Gather For Annual Louisville Homeless Count “And at the end of the day, they just want the same things we want out of life: love and support. And housing.” By Kyeland Jackson Jan 26 Community On A Cold Morning, Volunteers Gather For Annual Homeless Count Kyeland Jackson
Jan 9 Community Recent Cold Snap Strains Budget For Louisville’s White Flag Program The Coalition for the Homeless says White Flag activations between October and December broke a five-year record, draining half of the initiative's $32,100 budget. By Kyeland Jackson Jan 9 Community Recent Cold Snap Strains Budget For Louisville's White Flag Program Kyeland Jackson
Dec 30 Community Best Of 2017: City Reporter Jake Ryan On Overdoses, Homeless Camps And A Stolen Bus Heroin overdoses. Transparency in politics. Economic development and homeless camps. WFPL's Jacob Ryan covered a wide range of topics this year. By Staff Dec 30 Community Best Of 2017: Overdoses, Homeless Camps And A Stolen Bus Staff