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• The Valley Breeze: Shea High students help build tiny home for homeless veterans

  Shea High students help build tiny home for homeless veterans

• ProJo: Veterans Journal: Number of homeless vets drops by nearly half since 2010

  U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report released on Nov. 1 found that the total number of reported veterans as homeless in 2018 decreased 5.4 percent since last year and fell to nearly half the number of homeless veterans reported in 2010.

• Turn to 10: Veterans' group disagrees with HUD homelessness report

  The head of a local veterans group is disputing the latest government report about homelessness in Rhode Island. Specifically, Operation Stand Down Rhode Island Executive Director Erik Wallin says the number of homeless veterans in the Ocean State is under-represented in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual Point-In-Time Estimates of Homelessness.

• Providence American: Reed Announces Nearly $153K to Help RI Veterans Find Homes

  In an effort to provide essential housing and support for homeless veterans, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that the Providence, North Providence, Pawtucket, Tiverton, Bristol, and West Warwick Housing Authorities will receive a total of $152,775 in federal funding to assist homeless veterans through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. While the Providence and North Providence Housing Authorities have previously received HUD-VASH vouchers, the Pawtucket, Tiverton, Bristol and West Warwick Housing Authorities are all new recipients of the funding.

• Westerly Sun: Students organize a gingerbread fundraiser to help the homeless

  Working with graham crackers, vanilla frosting, and marshmallows, 50 elementary students did their part to help the homeless at a gingerbread house workshop at Deans Mill School.

• Providence Journal: At-risk veterans receive care at annual tent city in Cumberland

  Some 500 veterans attended the Operation Stand Down/Rhode Island outreach event at Diamond Hill State Park.