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This week:  Our journalists spent months chronicling the Smithfield shelter community, investigating its challenges and relocation efforts before the shelter’s closure in June.

A Pittsburgh-area mom advocates for universal child care. And, community advocates criticized the lack of public input in the county health department's plans to overhaul healthy housing standards.

Advocates tell Allegheny County Board of Health: More work needed on housing code overhaul

Investigation: Smithfield homeless shelter in downtown Pittsburgh exposed frayed safety net and tested county compassion

All I want for next Mother’s Day is a childcare revolution
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Sunny’s Community Garden grows beyond the Hill District to second location in Manchester

Exit Interview: Patti Rote is retiring from Girls of Steel, but plans to keep advocating for women in STEM
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