Sunshine Stories

Eric never thought he’d make it to 30. He began using heroin when he was 19, overdosing twice. “There was no way I was going to make it through my 20s,” says Eric, now 33. He...

I always tell people Prevention Point saved my life because it did. When Cherry was first living on the streets of Kensington about two years ago, she sought safety in numbers...

During the years he lived unhoused and using drugs on the streets of Kensington, Theo was beaten, robbed, and assaulted. He suffered horrible, life-threatening injuries and...

Donna grew up in Kensington and sometimes takes her 15-year-old daughter back to the old neighborhood. But she isn’t there to visit friends or family. Instead, she drives down...

Portrait by Hilary Swift for The New York Times At her lowest point, Tracey was sleeping on sidewalks. She was a frequent robbery victim, having even her belly button ring stolen...

For years, Kali felt she had a handle on her heroin use, supporting herself with a job in the restaurant industry and renting her own apartment. But in 2019, she began using a...