DeSoto Cares, a grassroots organization in DeSoto County, has recently come together to address the problems of homelessness here, with a goal of finding some solutions. They will meet at 5:15 p.m. every first and third Thursday (starting tonight) at the Housing Authority conference room, 7 Booker T. Washington Road, Arcadia.

As the group begins its mission, they will be focusing on research, identifying needed services and transitional housing.