A conversation with a Houston woman who was one of 24 children adopted by a faith-based shelter -- the Mission of Yahweh. They help with transitional housing for hundreds of women and their children. How she's paying it forward and how your donation can help them reach even more people in dire situations.

Houston City Council has once again delayed a vote to purchase a $16-million facility that would serve as a “super hub” for people experiencing homelessness.

For the month of August, we are spotlighting many ways to find loving homes for furry friends in need.

TRAGIC! The van caught fire during the trip after they were fostered and rehabilitated in Houston. Four were able to be saved, but seven others sadly didn't make it.

This Friday, we’re celebrating National Pet Day — and it’s the purr-fect time to meet your future furry soulmate!

The evacuations come as firefighters continue to battle the Pauline Road Fire. The fire which broke out Wednesday afternoon has currently burned 1,300 acres and is 10 percent contained.

Shelters and upcoming information for the city of Houston.

Support staff at Houston Humane Society are in desperate need of a new air conditioner to continue serving the community.

At least one person has been taken to a hospital after a vehicle crashed into a METRO bus shelter in the Sharpstown area of Houston.

Find out how you can access the support and aid necessary to rebuild and recover from the windstorm's aftermath.

It will be a night of glitz and glam with Broadway stars at the Wortham Center and it's all for a good cause. A Night of Broadway Stars raises funds and awareness for Covenant House Texas. The organization helps local youth overcome homelessness, abandonment and trafficking. Watch their full interview for how you can join and help make a difference

San Jacinto County issues a request for assistance at a local shelter located at 255 Live Oak Street.

Ahead of next week’s winter freeze in the Houston area, it’s a good practice to make sure your dogs are protected from the elements.

Help save a life with four levels of volunteer opportunities

An 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who killed her rapist could be sent to prison after she walked away from an Iowa women’s shelter where she was serving probation following her conviction for manslaughter.

Looking at Huong Bui’s mobile home from the outside, it’s hard to tell that anything is wrong with it. She said the growing problems hidden inside the walls and ceilings have forced her, a mother with three young sons, into a shelter.

As Hurricane Ida prepares to make landfall along the Louisiana coast, many people have already packed up and headed to Texas.

Several warming shelters have opened in and around the Houston area because of the arctic blast. AdLakewood ChurchLakewood Church is open as a warming center. League CityWe’ve opened a warming center at the Hometown Heroes Recreation Center. McGuire Dent Recreation CenterThe City of Galveston is reopening a warming center at the McGuire Dent Recreation Center beginning Wednesday, February 17 at 6 p.m. If you need a warming center, please use the Harris County and Houston centers along with this northside center.

TOMBALL, Texas – A Louisiana family that evacuated ahead of Hurricane Laura has spent the last few nights at a hotel in Tomball. The family of nearly two dozen, including kids, left their homes in the Lake Charles area right before Laura arrived. They initially paid for hotel rooms in Austin, Dailey said. But with costs adding up, she said the Red Cross told her to head to a Hyatt in Houston. We’ve been out of rooms,” Dailey said.

When severe weather threatens and it’s not safe to evacuate, here is what you should do to protect yourself and loved ones in your house, apartment, or mobile home.