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Tempe, nonprofits dispute collaboration on homelessness reduction

Tempe announced in early September that homelessness in the city dropped by nearly half since the summer of 2022...

Keys to Change | Respiro Feature on STN | April 2025

A unique shelter model in Phoenix marks three years of impact, driven by innovation, collaboration, and a focus on lived experience and individualized care...

 
ASU student wins Truman Scholarship to pursue public service career

Naketa Ross knows firsthand how life necessities we take for granted can disappear overnight — a bed to sleep in, access to a bathroom, the security of a locked door, a place to store belongings and a retreat from summer’s scorching heat....

2 ASU juniors awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for excellence in STEM...

Veterans and others who can no longer afford their rent or are experiencing homelessness will be able to share housing costs with a roommate in a new matching program administered by the Arizona State University Action Nexus on Housing and Homelessness...

Have compassion for our unhoused neighbors

Indifference and misconceptions discourage the political will needed to improve this growing issue in Arizona...

 
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Every day, some 100,000 vehicles drive a stretch of the Red Mountain Loop 202 in Tempe that abuts the Salt River, where hundreds of unhoused people used to live...

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Arizona State University is conducting coronavirus testing for a vulnerable population — those who work with people experiencing homelessness — with help from a $45,000 grant from the BHHS Legacy Foundation...