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DC Central Kitchen employee teaches a current student. (Courtesy NBC Washington)

DC Central Kitchen helps people struggling to join workforce

Carrie Healey
NBC Washington - DC Central Kitchen, located in Washington D.C., employs adults who are unemployed, recently released from prison, or homeless...
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Sharrif Floyd will be in the NFL Draft this Thursday. (Courtesy NBC Philadelphia)

NFL draft prospect was once homeless

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - University of Florida defensive lineman, Sharrif Floyd, has overcome many obstacles to make it to this year's NFL Draft.
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Billy Ray Harris, once a homeless man, was recently reunited with his family after 16 years. (Photo courtesy of NBC News)

Homeless man reunites with family after 16 years

Lilly Workneh
VIDEO - Billy Ray Harris was once a homeless man who spent his days on the streets of Kansas City asking others for their change. Now, Harris has a part-time job, is over $180,000 richer and most importantly, was reunited with his family on Sunday’s episode of 'The Today Show'...
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Billy Ray Harris' story has inspired a windfall of donations.

Homeless man's good deed rewarded

Meena Hart Duerson, TODAY
NBC NEWS - When Kansas City homeless man Billy Ray Harris returned Sarah Darling’s engagement ring last month after she accidentally dropped it in his cup, it could have been the end of the story...
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Affectionately known to her patients as “Dr. G,” Dr. Naeemah Ghafur is a family medicine physician in Los Angeles.

theGrio’s 100: Dr. Naeemah Ghafur, champion for patients in need

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theGRIO's 100 - Affectionately known to her patients as “Dr. G,” Dr. Naeemah Ghafur, 41, is a family medicine physician at Central Neighborhood Health Foundation in South Central Los Angeles and the Saban Free Clinic...
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Ted Williams

‘Golden voice’ Ted Williams reveals new gig

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VIDEO - Ted Williams tells NBC’s Stephanie Gosk he still takes life one day at a time...
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Homeless man shoeless again in NYC despite boots

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City homeless man — whose gift of boots from an NYPD police officer became an online sensation — is back on the streets with no shoes...
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Picture of NYPD Officer Larry DePrimo giving a homeless man a pair of boots. Courtesy NBC New York

Cop who bought shoes for homeless man 'didn't think about' money

Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY contributor
VIDEO - A stranger was watching New York Police Officer Lawrence DePrimo when he decided to buy a barefoot homeless man a pair of new boots on a cold night earlier this month...
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(Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Homeless man cashes in on $200,000 lottery prize

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - A homeless Greenville, South Carolina man plans to buy a new home after winning a $200,000 state lottery last week, the New York Daily News reported...
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Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Scott Brown pays homeless $8 an hour to campaign in the hood

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theGRIO REPORT - Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown is under fire for a racially tinged campaign tactic in his contentious 2012 U.S. Senate race...
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