TAMPA, Fla. — About a dozen adults with special needs are still wondering where they’re going to live after Hurricane Milton badly damaged two group homes; some have lost nearly everything they have.

Melissa’s House, founded by Elaine and Nate Goldberg, has a mission to establish warm, family-like care facilities for adults living with mental illness in honor of their daughter, Melissa, who ...

Six people currently living at a Westbury group home in the Life’s WORC “family” since 2008 recently got a boost from a New York State grant. State Assemblyman Charles D. Lavine (D-Glen Cove), who ...

When Leila McDowell-Head thought about the future of her mentally disabled daughter, Layla, she kept coming up with unsavory scenarios. She and her husband, Tony, were both in their 50s and knew their ...

Every week, I read yet another news story about energized efforts afoot to provide affordable housing for generalized low-income or no-income people so that they can have a place to call home and be ...

The Covid-19 pandemic brought with it a heightened awareness that loneliness can afflict anyone and that social isolation can be deadly to our mental and physical health. Previous United States ...

Every week, I read yet another news story about energized efforts afoot to provide affordable housing for generalized low-income or no-income people so that they can have a place to call home and be ...