Mayor Kate Gallego and The Salvation Army announced a plan to add family shelter capacity in Phoenix, a move timed to the Valley’s heat season and strained shelter network.

Cuyahoga County plans to convert the Metzenbaum Center into a 32‑bed, therapy‑focused youth facility backed by nearly $29.7M in state funds. Officials say the site will keep treatment and family visits closer to home.

Victoria’s Voice will hand out free naloxone and fentanyl test strips at a Westgate pop‑up ahead of EDC, part of local harm‑reduction efforts as fentanyl drives overdose deaths. Organizers point to festival policy that allows sealed naloxone and to SNHD resources for test strips and trainings.

Analy High will cut hours for its dance and choir programs after the district says Santa Rosa’s tighter transfer rules have reduced projected revenue. Local families are pushing back.

The Urban League will distribute $500,000 in food and toiletries during a May 15–17 Weekend of Service and send volunteers door-to-door to families still rebuilding after last year's tornado.

WRAL's 'Broken' series won a national Service to America Award after exposing gaps in North Carolina's foster-care system and helping push reform.

Longtime Portland organizer Cayle Tern, 49, has died. He was known for defending Laotian and Southeast Asian families during a period of intensified enforcement.

Dr. William Finlayson, the longtime Milwaukee obstetrician and community leader, died May 11 at 101. He delivered generations of babies and helped found the city’s first Black-owned bank.

Five years after the edX sale, a Harvard‑MIT nonprofit has funded co‑ops, a manufacturing certificate at NECC and career programs — but critics question the slow pace.

St. Louis is recruiting people leaving prison into city jobs, pairing formerly incarcerated residents with hands-on roles like water maintenance. Early hires say steady municipal work is changing lives.

A Hit 5 player matched five numbers to win a $110,000 cashpot; the ticket was sold at a Cle Elum Safeway that will receive a $1,100 retailer bonus.

Hawaii News Now will air a daylong ALOHA for HAWAIʻI telethon and auction on May 12 to raise funds for communities hit by March’s Kona Low floods.

Breaktime bought a five‑story Downtown Crossing building and turned it into a one‑stop hub with showers, job placements and on‑site health care for young adults. The move has already expanded how many people the nonprofit can serve.