Arizona nonprofit, DoT work to provide homeless with state IDs

U.S. states are continuing their piecemeal introduction of state-issued identity cards with a new project in the state of Arizona attempting to provide IDs to homeless people.

The Arizona Department of Transportation will open a new Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) office at the Human Services Campus in Phoenix, which assists people living on the street with access to housing, employment, health services and more.

The initiative was launched by Homeless ID, a nonprofit whose mission is to get as …

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