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Students from All Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth experience a night of homelessness. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Local Students Experience A Night Of Homelessness

It was a night spent bundled up in blankets, cramped together on cardboard, and sleeping outside in the cold. That’s what more than one hundred 7th and 8th grade students from All Saints Episcopal School did for a project called “Project Empathy.”

CBS 11–2013/02/22

Shooting Outside Dallas Homeless Shelter Caught On Video

A homeless man was apparently methodically tracked and shot down on the doorstep of a city of Dallas homeless center Sunday night.

2013/01/08

Local Non-Profit Encouraging ‘Christmas in July’ Giving

A North Texas homeless shelter wants to get the word out that charitable giving is needed after the holidays. Non-profits workers say there’s always an uptick in charitable giving during November and December, then contributions fall almost flat after December 31.

2012/07/25

Some 2,500 Homeless Vets Reportedly Live In North Texas

According to statistics, about one out of five homeless Americans are military veterans. NewsRadio 1080 KRLD spoke with one veteran who now lives at a shelter in downtown Dallas.

KRLD–2012/05/28

A homeless man reads at his makeshift tent. (credit: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

Texas Gets Nearly $10.5M In HUD Homeless Grants

More than a dozen Texas communities will share nearly $10.5 million in federal grants to support programs for the homeless.

2012/03/14

Collin Co. Homeless Count Finds Varied & Growing Population

A search in Collin County has led to a disturbing find. Social workers took to the streets Thursday night and discovered the area’s homeless population is not only varied, growing.

2012/01/27

Dallas Student Using Culinary Arts To Propel From Homelessness

A growing number of children in North Texas have a neighborhood school, but no home in the neighborhood… or anywhere else for that matter. The kids carry the label of being homeless.

2011/12/08

Dallas Approves Facility For Chronically Homeless

The Dallas City Council has voted to go ahead with its part of an ambitious housing plan for the chronically homeless.

2011/10/27

Sketch artist Tina Johnson, who is part of the Salvation Army's START program.

Salvation Army START Program Battles Homelessness

In the last two years, the Salvation Army’s START program has helped 11 shelter residents enroll in classes at Tarrant County College.

2011/03/07

A homeless 'tent city' near downtown Fort Worth. (credit: John Chapman)

Eviction Near For Fort Worth ‘Tent City’ Families

Frigid North Texas temperatures are just one of the issues that concerns a community of homeless Fort Worth families who worry they’ll soon be forced out of their makeshift “tent city”.

2011/01/10