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With volunteerism in decline, this nonprofit turned to seniors

by Gloria Hillard
Sep 21, 2023
When COVID hit, the volunteers on that many nonprofits depended upon disappeared.
As the pandemic has waned, the nonprofit School on Wheels — which serves children who live on Skid Row — has turned to recruiting seniors.
Fredric J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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As numbers of homeless kids rise, resources fall short

by Aaron Schrank
Jan 28, 2015
Government's definition of homelessness omits most children without homes.
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The number of homeless children is on the rise

by Adam Allington
Nov 18, 2014
2.5 million children in America experience homelessness annually.
Three year old Saria Amaya (L) waits with her mother after receiving shoes and school supplies during a charity event to help more than 4,000 underprivileged children at the Fred Jordan Mission in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.
(Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
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