Boston schools could get a $1 million boost next year to create new food pantries, clothing closets and other support to help thousands of homeless students under the budget proposed for next year, officials announced. Read the full story here.

  The Boston school system plans to launch a $1 million initiative to provide more services and support for the approximately 3,000 students who are experiencing homelessness. The initiative is part of Superintendent Tommy Chang’s proposed budget for the next school year, which he is scheduled to present to the School Committee Wednesday night.  Continue reading Boston Globe: Boston schools to bolster services for homeless students →

After Jim O’Connell finished Harvard Medical School and completed a residency at Mass General Hospital, he spent two months washing people’s feet.   Read the rest of the story here.

According to a survey from 29 state college and university administrators submitted to the state Board of Higher Education, more than a thousand students at state colleges are dealing with food insecurity or homelessness. Read the full story here.

  The state’s colleges and universities are reporting that hunger and homelessness among students have increased over the past year, an alarming new disclosure that makes clear that many low-income students have far more to worry about than just exams and extracurricular activities. Read the whole article here.

It was 3 a.m. and 3 degrees outside, and I was about to discharge Mike from our Emergency Department for the third time in less than 24 hours. “Doc, let me finish this episode,” he said, his eyes glued to the TV in the ER waiting room. Read the rest of the article here.

After Chris Moriconi fractured his back on the job in 2006 and was unable to work, he and his son CJ had a difficult time. Although the Woburn father received workers compensation, he said, “I didn’t really have any skills and other training,” aside from being an ironworker. “I found myself just living almost dayContinue reading Wicked Local West Roxbury: Offering low-income, homeless Bostonians housing resources →

For a homeless person who’s cold or hungry or intoxicated, the emergency room is often the first place they’ll think to go to find warmth, a sandwich, or a place to spend the night. “That’s the place where potentially a person’s needs can be met 24 hours a day,” said Maggie Sullivan, a doctor ofContinue reading Harvard School of Public Health: Student project aims to boost health, decrease hospitalization among homeless →