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• ProJo: Lawyer: Crossroads will continue to shelter homeless sex offenders as lawsuit plays out

  Crossroads Rhode Island will continue to take in sex offenders at a homeless shelter in Cranston under an agreement between the parties to a lawsuit challenging a new state law that limits the number of convicted sex offenders who can be housed in homeless shelters.

• WPRI 12: Crossroads helps more than 100 homeless men get back on their feet

  Rhode Island's largest homeless shelter now has far fewer people than it did a year and a half ago. Crossroads Rhode Island said this is because its found new homes for hundreds of men that were staying there.

• WPRI 12: 100s of RI students are starting the school year homeless. How one shelter is trying to help.

  Hundreds of Rhode Island children are starting the school year without a permanent place to live, forcing them to stay with other families, in motels or in the most dire circumstances, on the streets. But a homeless shelter in Middletown is working to support families by assisting mothers to find jobs and affordable housing while also trying to keep children from falling off track in school.

• WPRI12: WPRI 12/RWU Poll: RI voters back abortion bill, concerned on housing

  Nearly half of Rhode Island voters support a proposed bill to enshrine the right to abortion in state law, and most are concerned about housing costs, an exclusive WPRI 12/Roger Williams University poll released Monday shows.

• Providence American: ACLU Settles Lawsuit Preserving Shelter Access for Homeless People

  The ACLU of RI today announced the settlement of a lawsuit that will ensure that no shelter operating on State property is required to turn away vulnerable homeless Rhode Islanders seeking shelter even though beds are available.

• ProJo: After 125 years of sheltering people, Crossroads embraces tougher mission

  What started as a small committee formed to help women and girls find housing and employment has grown over the last century into the largest social-service agency in the state serving the homeless population.