But it wasn’t until that cold night in January of 2023 that Pierce realized she was homeless at 19 years old. “I’m them now,” she thought as she surveyed the older men who also slept beneath the ...

Photos line the wall near the front door of the center in downtown Birmingham, each one memorializing a homeless young person killed on the city’s streets. “Each one on the wall suffered a horrific ...

Birmingham city officials say concerns that the city is moving homeless people from parks into residential neighborhoods are baseless. “There is absolutely no truth to rumors that the City of ...

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a plan to contribute $1 million towards the construction of a new emergency shelter at the Jimmie Hale Mission. The city will contribute $250,000 a year ...