SNAP food benefit recipients qualify for many other discounts

If you're struggling to put food on the table, Texas Gov. Abbott announced the extension of Emergency SNAP benefits, which come with many other discounts.

Stress of pandemic hitting teens hard
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Fear and uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic are pushing some into a mental health crisis, and it's hitting teens especially hard. A new survey finds that teens today are more confident in their physical health than their mental health. FOX 26's Denise Middleton finds out what they can do to rebound and recover from that.

Armand Bayou Nature Center's Eco camp
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Photojournalist Darlene Janik Faires spends a day in the great outdoors with the day campers at the Armand Bayou Nature Center's eco-camp. The center has found a way to follow CDC guidelines to keep everyone healthy and create great summer memories as well as teaching kids about the environment.

Reason for hope: A Houston-area couple's COVID-19 survival

A couple married for four decades falls ill with the coronavirus COVID-19 and fights their way back to health.

Houston Mental Health Survey
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The Houston Health Department is trying to better understand how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting our mental health. They will use the results of the survey to help determine public policy. Mental health survey: English: http://ow.ly/9sqR50zJpsx Espa?ol: http://ow.ly/S21r50zJpsz

Rebound and Recovery- Humble Tattoo shop fights to survive
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FOX 26 in Focus Rebound and Recovery highlights a Humble tattoo shop finding a new path out of the coronavirus crisis

Details released about who is eligible for Harris County $30 million relief fund
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Harris County will prioritize applicants who are ineligible for unemployment insurance and those who were ineligible for the government's stimulus checks - that includes undocumented immigrants living in Harris county.

Houston organization does van tours to show how sex trafficking is hidden in plain sight

FOX 26 along for a tour that highlighted cantinas and massage parlors in some of Houston’s most well-regarded neighborhoods like The Heights to industrial areas like the ship channel.

A look at active human trafficking spots around Houston
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FOX 26 along for a tour that highlighted cantinas and massage parlors in some of Houston?s most well-regarded neighborhoods like The Heights to industrial areas like the ship channel.

Houston attorney battling Facebook over human trafficking

"It's building a bridge from the predator right into your home." Meet the Houston attorney making historic progress in her battle to protect minors on Facebook.

Forensic nurses offer victims an opportunity to control what happens next

Houston's anti-human trafficking task force has a new tool in its arsenal, forensic nurses that can collect evidence and care for a unique set of patients.

Forensic nurses offer victims an opportunity to control what happens next
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Houston's anti-human trafficking task force has a new tool in its arsenal, forensic nurses that can collect evidence and care for a unique set of patients.

Behind the scenes of HCSO's sex trafficking sting operation that led to 32 arrests

“They have been so conditioned and brainwashed by these individual pimps that are trafficking them that it's also a freeze in place type situation,” said Commander Chris Sandoval with HCSO.

Operation Kick-Off 2020 results in 32 arrests
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FOX 26 got exclusive access behind the scenes of the sex trafficking sting operation led by HCSO as part of the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance Southern District of Texas.

Combating human trafficking in Houston and around the world

Dr. Sanborn, CEO and president of Children at Risk, accompanied filmmakers who were shooting a second part to their documentary called "Stop Trafficking". The goal is to learn how trafficking problems manifest in different countries and their efforts combating them.

"Groomed" a short film, with big goals to stop sex trafficking

A small group of people determined to make a change and deliver hope created a short film to prevent young people from becoming victims of sex trafficking.