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• The Valley Breeze: School officials unclear on lack of homeless grant

  School officials say they have been unable to determine why the local school district was again left out of a late October grant award to support local homeless students. Housing advocates recently estimated that there are 68 homeless students in Pawtucket currently.

• The Valley Breeze: City’s homeless left without shower access

  Imagine, says Adrienne Marchetti, not having access to daily showers during the hottest and most humid days of summer. That’s what the city’s homeless residents now face after House of Hope’s ACCESS-RI program, which meets homeless needs on a walk-in basis, permanently closed its doors at 185 Dexter St. last Friday, June 28.

• The Valley Breeze: Pawtucket's family homelessness problem ‘hasn’t gotten any better’

  At least four families in the city remain homeless after more than a year of trying to improve their situation, says Elaine Cruz, pictured, an advocate with the Pawtucket Child Opportunity Zone in city schools.

• The Valley Breeze: Grant funding not part of showers for homeless

  No Community Development Block Grant funding from the city went toward the construction of recently closed showers for the homeless at 185 Dexter St., say officials.

• Valley Breeze: HUD awards funding to R.I. Homeless programs

  HUD awards funding to R.I. Homeless programs

• Valley Breeze: The homeless at center of debate over city’s response to crisis

  The homeless at center of debate over city’s response to crisis