Homeless

It all goes back to the countless hours Huzaifah Khaled spent on trains and in train stations, shuttling back and forth between his home in Nottingham, England, and classes at the University of Cambridge, some 90 miles away. "In the U.K., train stations are almost magnets for homeless...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Sioux Falls community leaders have formed a new nonprofit to build a cradle-to-career approach to education for homeless children. Sioux Falls Thrive Inc., which formed this month, is made up of local government officials, churches and social service groups.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The Sioux Falls School District has identified 965 school-aged children that lived without a home at some point in the past school year. Homelessness, along with poverty and affordable housing are issues that affect children living in Sioux Falls, and are the...

PIERRE (AP) — Officials have counted 1,186 homeless people in South Dakota, a 14 percent increase from last year. The homeless count was conducted Jan. 26 by the South Dakota Housing for the Homeless Consortium in collaboration with community agencies and homeless service providers....

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota officials are deciding whether to revive a state council that focused on coordinating services for the homeless. In 2003, the Interagency Council on Homelessness was created by Gov. Mike Rounds as a way to help agencies work together to reduce...

RAPID CITY (AP) — An aspiring gym teacher who loves art class and playing volleyball with her friends, Jasmine Clements, a fourth-grader, sometimes seems timid in class. Betsy Nelson, Jasmine's teacher at General Beadle Elementary School, said she notices small things. Jasmine...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Organizers of a Sioux Falls center for the homeless and working poor say a planned move to a bigger space will allow for more services including counseling and job-search support. The Argus Leader reports the downtown Good Shepherd Center will move in a few...