CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Groups trying to get people off the streets say eastern Iowa is still seeing homeless rates rise. The National Alliance to End Homelessness reports Iowa has seen a 56% ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Legislation that would criminalize sleeping and camping on public property while allowing cities and counties to create designated areas for homeless ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa school children experiencing homelessness are getting some help in the form of $424,000 in federal funding. But now the shocker: it’s headed to 25 different school districts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adonis Ariti was kicked out of his house last March as a high school senior, forcing him to crash on friends' couches and sleep in ...

IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. NEW AT FIVE, AN IOWA ORGANIZATION WORKING TO FIGHT YOUTH. YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IS GETTING $6.7 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN ...

New and gently used snow boots are stacked on shelves at CRISP, a nonprofit located in the basement of a church in Winterset, Iowa. CRISP partners with the Winterset Community School District to help ...

IOWA (KCAU) — The Iowa Finance Authority awarded $1.3 million to help stop homelessness in the state. The money would be used to bolster those efforts, some of the funds coming to northwest Iowa.

Homelessness in the United States surged by 18.1% this year, the sharpest recorded increase in decades, as housing shortages, ...

Reggie Kelsey's death in 2001 was a wake-up call for many. Kicked out of his foster care placement and released from an independent living program before even turning 18, Kelsey's body was found in ...

POLK COUNTY, Iowa — Over the past couple of weeks, Local 5 has gotten questions from the community on whether or not homeless people can vote in the upcoming election, as well as what documents they ...

Legislation that would criminalize sleeping and camping on public property while allowing cities and counties to create designated areas for homeless encampments did not advance in a Senate ...

Iowa lawmakers considered bills that would impose fines for sleeping on public property and establish other regulations related to homelessness. Proponents of the bill, mainly the Cicero Institute, ...