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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

Downtown Dallas Homeless Plans Continue To Take Heat

Two proposed homeless housing projects are drawing fire at the Farmers Market because of the people business owners worry will be attracted to them.

2012/02/27

Clifton Bozarth is laid to rest by the Dignity Memorial Homeless Veterans Burial Program on Feb. 20, 2012. (Credit: CBSDFW.com)

Program Ensures Fallen Homeless Vets Buried With Dignity

Thanks to volunteers and programs like the Dignity Memorial Homeless Veterans Burial Program, many of the nearly 200,000 homeless war veterans who sleep on the street each night are not forgotten.

2012/02/20

Fort Worth Outreach Helping City’s Southside Homeless

Hundreds attended ‘Operation Touch’ at the New Breed Christian Center on South Riverside Thursday.

2012/02/09

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

Missing Dallas Homeless Woman Found Safe

A Dallas homeless woman who has been the subject of an exhaustive search after video of her showed up on youtube has been located in Terrell.

2011/12/15

Dallas Head Shaving Video Sparks Homeless Woman Search

Homeless advocates and Dallas police are trying to find a missing woman who, from all indications, hasn’t been seen since a disturbing internet video of her was posted online last month. The video shows the woman being harassed, teased and slapped while two men, in a barbershop, shave her head and eyebrows.

2011/12/09