Six-year-old Mariah Mattox lives in a camper and is one of about 1,000 students in Will County who meet the state's definition of having no permanent address.
Maria Maior’s son is a football-playing, skateboard-riding, Xbox-loving kid whose home reveals all the trappings of domesticity: a cushy sofa, big-screen TV, a framed poster of Brian Urlacher — one of the 12-year-old’s favorite football players. On most evenings, two big dogs curl up
With the economy pushing more households into financial uncertainty, people who help the homeless are starting to see a rising trend among their clients: two parent families.
It was job loss that triggered Donna's downhill spiral. Laid off at the end of April after many years in the Naperville business community, she was evicted from her apartment a month later.
Dressed in his full gear, Assistant Fire Chief Richard Mikel bent down to touch his toes a few times so he could stretch before the sprint he was about to take.
Before heading off to Mass Sept. 9 at St. Petronille Parish in Glen Ellyn, three members of the Repking family took a 5 kilometer run and helped the homeless in DuPage County. Standing alongside her 6-year-old and 9-year-old sons, Liz Repking said, “It’s all about the family.”
On benches within the wide expanse of community parks, under bridges, in forest preserves, desolate back alleys or abandoned vehicles, the homeless seek an isolated spot where they can close their eyes and dream of a life that refuses to define every moment as a crisis or each meal as