homelessness

Fort Worth Medical Students Bridge Healthcare Gaps for the Unhoused

by | Feb 15, 2025

Often cities can have a gap between healthcare opportunities and its unhoused population.

In Fort Worth a group of medical students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is helping to bridge that gap via the Street Medicine Student Coalition.

The coalition was co-founded in January 2024 by Rebecca Zapata and Madison Stevens, second-year students at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, and UNTHSC said it already is having a significant impact....

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Sheraton Dallas To Host Exhibition of Work from Stewpot Art Program
by | Jul 11, 2024
The Stewpot Art Program serves those experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Dallas. It provides a safe environment and outlet for people to express themselves via art—with 90% of sales going to the artists and 10% benefitting the art program for supplies and field trips for artists.
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The Last Word: Saint Vincent de Paul’s Luis Gonzalez on Closing the Gap for Uninsured North Texans
by | Jan 23, 2024
North Texas' nonprofit Saint Vincent de Paul Pharmacy has worked to fill the gap for thousands of uninsured local people. The pharmacy provides free prescription medication for those in need, including those dealing with homelessness. 
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AT&T Gifts $500,000 to Dallas Agencies That Help Black and Underserved Communities

by | Sep 18, 2020
Donations are being made through AT&T's "Believe Dallas" initiative.
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