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STREET OUTREACH TEAMS CONNECTED, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO LOCAL SERVICES. COUNTY DEPUTIES WORK ON THE CITY OF OMAHA’S HOMELESS TASK FORCE WITH SHELTERS AND EXPERTS.
A bill aimed at tent camps of people experiencing homelessness drew two dozen witnesses to a Nebraska Legislature public hearing, including several encamped people from Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb. — A new ordinance clears up confusion at city hall by hiring contractors to clear homeless encampments. The city's homeless services coordinator schedules clearings.
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Encampments across the city pose a complex problem for services on how to deal with them. “Our street outreach programs are balancing multiple encampments, multiple times ...
With the planned relocation of the downtown library, some homeless Omahans, advocates and library staff members are concerned services could be disrupted and eventually made more difficult to access.
A bill aimed at tent camps of people experiencing homelessness drew two dozen witnesses to a Nebraska Legislature public hearing, including several encamped people from Omaha.
Omaha nonprofit aims to helps homeless ahead of cold weather The mission staff goes out to where homeless people are staying and tries to build relationships and offer food and clothing.
Krissy Gallagher-McMillan advocated on behalf of her community, helping her unhoused friends and neighbors fulfill their needs. She died in a homeless camp in east Omaha on Feb. 16.
Mayoral candidates are sharing their plans to tackle homelessness in Omaha. The metro's homeless community has also been a topic of concern this week, with temperatures and wind chills well below ...
A 32-year-old woman who lives in a tent in downtown Omaha pleaded with Nebraska legislators Thursday to oppose a bill aimed at prohibiting homeless camps on city property. "You make this law here ...