Marcia Champion, left, and Olivia Durden, who are homeless, wait with their chidren just after 6 a.m. for the No. 55 bus that will take them to downtown Atlanta. They had just left the Calvary Refuge Center, where the checkout time is 6 a.m. Photo: © Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post
by Chico Harlan Washington Post December 28, 2015
She set off on the latest day of job hunting wearing tiny star-shaped earrings that belonged to her 18-month-old daughter and frayed $6 shoes from Walmart that were the more comfortable of her two pairs. In her backpack she had stashed a ham and chee...
Hope House in Jennings, Mo., on Dec. 11. The house was a school building that was converted to a shelter for homeless students. Photo: © Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post
by Emma Brown Washington Post December 20, 2015
JENNINGS, Mo. — School districts don’t usually operate homeless shelters for their students. Nor do they often run food banks or have a system in place to provide whatever clothes kids need. Few offer regular access to pediatricians and mental he...