Angelina Steel

Jan 4, 2024 | cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Adnan Alam |Angelina Steel

LAREDO, Texas – In a small border community in Texas, locals attending the city’s eighth annual Walk To End Alzheimer’s carried large pinwheel-shaped flowers made of brightly colored plastic, each color representing a different designation for those affected by the disease.

Jan 1, 2024 | prescottenews.com | Angelina Steel

Photo: Veterans salute during a 2023 Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, where President Joe Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (Photo by Robert Turtil/U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced in November that it had permanently housed 38,847 homeless veterans nationwide and surpassed its calendar year goal two months early.

Dec 29, 2023 | myheraldreview.com | Angelina Steel

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced in November that it had permanently housed 38,847 homeless veterans nationwide and surpassed its calendar year goal two months early. Organizations working to decrease veteran homelessness in Texas, where veterans make up 6.7% of the adult population, said the state is seeing the effects of that progress. In 2007, 5,527 homeless veterans resided in Texas, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

Dec 29, 2023 | cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Adnan Alam |Angelina Steel

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced in November that it had permanently housed 38,847 homeless veterans nationwide and surpassed its calendar year goal two months early. Organizations working to decrease veteran homelessness in Texas, where veterans make up 6.7% of the adult population, said the state is seeing the effects of that progress. In 2007, 5,527 homeless veterans resided in Texas, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

Dec 24, 2023 | ktar.com | Oakley Seiter |Angelina Steel

PHOENIX – On Aug. 31, Maricopa County announced it was distributing approximately $2 million in national opioid settlement funds to 12 local organizations. The county prioritized organizations that offer youth prevention and treatment, recovery programs and harm reduction programs. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, more than two-thirds of all drug overdose deaths from 2019 to 2021 involved opioids.