The Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s daytime and overnight shelters throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Faced with a homeless services system largely built for men, women experiencing domestic abuse may find themselves choosing between violence and the street.

Many local non-profit organizations say they are concerned after the U.S. Office of Management and Budget attempted to freeze ...

Portland Police Bureau's Jami Resch greeting refugees arriving at the Portland International Airport in 2020. Refugee-focused ...

If federal funding goes away, it's a "a huge hit in the amount of people we can feed," said the CEO of Meals on Wheels People ...

Thursday was the start of the Point In Time Count, it’s a snapshot of the number of homeless people in a county on a given ...

Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that ...

Malachai Martin is accused of second-degree murder in the Sept. 4 shooting of 21-year-old Malik Wilkerson. Court records show ...

To break free from the domestic abuse and to protect her children, Rachel experienced homelessness in hopes of something safer on the other side. Skip to main content Skip to main content Register for ...

To understand the impact of domestic violence on women’s housing stability ... a women’s day shelter in Portland, Oregon. During those sessions, guests anonymously talked with the reporter ...

Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of domestic ... domestic violence and homelessness. The surveys were conducted at women's shelters in Salem, Oregon, about 25 miles ...