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This school year, schools identified around 420,000 fewer homeless students than last year. That would normally be a hopeful sign, but not during the…
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The annual tally of people who are homeless in the Rockford region is going to be more challenging this year. That’s due to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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Each year on winter solstice, the Northern Illinois Homeless Coalition remembers the homeless men and women in the area who died during the year. Despite…
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WNIJ recently aired a story about how one northern Illinois homeless center is taking precautions to keep its guests safe from COVID-19 but this pandemic…
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Illinois residents are encouraged to stay at home because of COVID-19, but it’s hard to stay home when you don’t have a place to live. This is forcing…
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The Rockford community came together to honor homeless men and women who died this year. This memorial happened the Friday before Christmas at Carpenter’s…
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Melissa Esparza fled her home in west suburban Chicago two years ago. Then 16, she said her parents became physically violent after years of verbal...
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The coroner's office says nearly 3,000 people in Winnebago County died within the last year. 45 of them were part of the area's homeless population.…
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Rockford citizens took time Thursday to remember the lives of homeless adults who died in 2017.More than 40 homeless adults died in the area in 2017—an…
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It’s the shortest day and the longest night of the year. To advocates in Rockford, the Winter Solstice symbolizes the harshest challenges for the homeless…