Greg Cruz and Allan Mestel created an online photo series to raise awareness about homelessness in the area, then flipped it into a full-fledged nonprofit.
Forty-four percent of Florida households 'could not afford basic needs such as housing, child care, food, health care, and transportation in 2015,' according to a new United Way of Florida report.
The U.S. Census Bureau announced earlier this month that real median household income increased by 5.2 percent between 2014 and 2015, while the official poverty rate decreased 1.2 percentage points.