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Residents of four St. Louis encampments are now packing up their belongings in anticipation of a May 2 eviction. City officials cite health concerns, but residents question the timing of the city’s notice to vacate.
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Jerry Tovo is a drill sergeant turned commercial photographer. His new exhibition opens soon at the International Photography Hall of Fame.
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Nicole Warrington of St. Louis is just a volunteer with no official position, but she’s gotten 400 calls from social workers at local hospitals in the past year, all seeking help finding places to take the homeless patients they’re discharging.
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St. Louis has set aside more than $43 million in federal funding for homeless services and housing support. Advocates hope to see progress before deadly winter weather arrives.
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Yusef Scoggin has led St. Louis County’s Office of Family and Community Services since 2017 and will become the city's next director of human services.
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OtherSt. Louis’ first intentional encampment for homeless people provides an alternative for residents of the impromptu Interco Plaza encampment downtown.
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A program at St. Patrick Center that houses at-risk homeless women in St. Louis has been in a precarious position in recent years, but an influx of federal funding has allowed it to expand its capacity.
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Shelters and nonprofits are relying on personal relationships they have built within the St. Louis-area homeless community to educate people about the COVID-19 vaccine and get them vaccinated.
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St. Louis officials stressed last spring that two downtown tent encampments posed a threat to public health, eventually relocating residents to temporary housing across the city. An investigation by St. Louis Public Radio in collaboration with APM Reports has found the city may have put residents in harm's way by placing them at hotels with a history of criminal violence, drug activity and unsanitary living conditions.
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For months, a small group of people has occupied about a dozen tents along the McGuire Moving & Storage building, a vacant warehouse north of downtown St. Louis. But late last week, a notice to vacate appeared on the side of the building, informing encampment residents to leave the private property by Monday morning.