As tent encampments grow in rural areas, small-town volunteers are responding the best way they know how: with food, coats, ...

Last winter, Eric Zieroth learned that multiple layers and a down blanket were the best way to keep warm while living in his car in far northwestern Wisconsin. For over a year, he and his then-20-year ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Despite federal requirements, new reporting from The Midwest Newsroom finds that many rural, homeless students are being undercounted by their districts, leading to a lack of support ...

A tent under a railroad track near Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by vistavision / Flickr) Opioid abuse and rural homelessness create a spiral for some rural residents, a new study has found. For the study, ...

At a recent gathering of social service organizations in Brown County, participants contended with a double gut punch to their efforts to reverse Wisconsin’s recent rise in rural homelessness: almost ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – While the homeless population in bigger cities like Sioux Falls may have more options for shelter and staying warm, finding shelter in a smaller town is a struggle for the ...

A free session on rural homelessness will be held at Ripon Public Library on April 30 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The event, hosted by Winnebagoland Housing Coalition, will offer hands-on training and ...

It was November and cold when Todd Mayo Jr. found himself living in one of Killingly’s abandoned storefronts. The home Mayo shared with his father and his father’s fiancee had switched owners, and the ...

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 ...

Helen Carr receives funding from a consortium of rural and housing charities led by English Rural to fund this research. Carin Tunåker receives funding from a consortium of rural and housing charities ...