Connecting People to Jobs: Neighborhood Workforce Pipelines, by John E. Padilla, is part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Making Connections program to help poor families and children. Mr. Padilla, ...

You know the type: the people who won't stop calling, who want to be with you at all times, and who need your constant approval and praise. Those people are what we call needy people. A needy person ...

Some people are just the go-tos when anyone in their circle has a problem. They give great advice, are always understanding, and have an energy that makes people want to approach them for help. The ...

The United States remains the richest country in the world. Given that fact, we should be leading the world in helping those who are “poor,” in America and around the globe. And we have done so. That ...

Evangelist Gladys Ellis has hosted the annual "Back to Basics" worship service since 2003 to help community members in need. Funds raised from the event are used to help families pay for bills, buy ...

Matthew d'Anis of Ukiah made his first pilgrimage to help needy people in other countries with a church group when he was 13. He recalls being shocked by the poverty in a Mexican town where he helped ...

Helping others catch up with their bills going into the new year has been a divine assignment of a local evangelist since 2002. “The vision came to me a year before we started in 2003 and it has been ...