"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'" (Matthew 25:40) ...more

July 9, 2008

State lawmakers agreed Wednesday to transfer more than $21 million from state trust funds to shore up adoption, foster care and child protection programs that were casualties this spring of the state's budget crisis. ...more

June 19, 2008

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon flew over Myanmar's flooded Irrawaddy delta on Thursday, where the ravages of a cyclone stretched as far as the eye could see: Villages were empty of life, flattened huts dissolved into vast areas of water and people perched on rooftops. ...more

May 23, 2008

About a dozen sex offenders living under a bridge linking Miami to Miami Beach have until today to find another place to call home, officials said. ...more

February 4, 2008

They struck before daybreak, roaming through pastures, abandoned buildings and narrow alleys. ...more

January 31, 2008

Homeless people looking for a way out of the woods have a new alternative to trying to make ends meet on their own without benefit of electricity and running water. ...more

January 12, 2008

In a past life, the singlewide mobile homes served as classrooms for a Christian school on State Road 54. ...more

January 10, 2008

The Children's Board of Hillsborough County will have an opportunity next month to attack two problems with one smart initiative: a proposal to use nearly $1 million to provide childcare for homeless families. ...more

December 18, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A card table was set up at First Street South and Fourth Avenue North, and a group of homeless and their advocates grabbed doughnuts from a dozen or so boxes on top. Next to the table sat Paul Wilkinson, 64, a former construction worker who lost his leg in a Miami shooting several years ago, the beginning of hard times leading to homelessness. Wilkinson came to the corner from his shelter at the St. Vincent de Paul Society to join the protest this morning. ...more

November 27, 2007

the brakes are gone. ...more

November 22, 2007