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Published on December 9, 2008

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Published on December 9, 2008

KANSAN

Published on December 9, 2008

KANSAN

Published on December 9, 2008

Homeless men settle in for the night at the Lawrence Community Shelter, the facility's television remaining on for a few minutes after the lights-out call at 10 p.m. Although a 2007 Housing and Urban Development survey put the city's homeless population at more than 300--including more than 100 children--outreach workers say the number is closer to 400.

Published on December 9, 2008

A resident of the Lawrence Community Shelter takes his evening medication while the shelter's night manager keeps watch over the medications of others. Lack of adequate medical care is listed as one of the major contributing to factors to homelessness in the United States.

Published on December 9, 2008

Men and women from the Lawrence area gather in the basement of the First United Methodist Church on a Tuesday morning in early November. The church is home to the Jubilee Cafe, a twice-a-week program that serves free breakfast. The cafe is part of a thorough network of feeding programs throughout the downtown area, which many of the city's homeless depend upon for their survival.

Published on December 9, 2008

Benjamin Pierce, left, and two traveling companions silently solicit donations from passersby in downtown Lawrence in mid-October. Lawrence is a common way station for youths hitchhiking across the country during the warmer months of the year. In 2005, Lawrence implemented laws intended to curb aggressive panhandling. In November, the City Commission revisited the law at the request of downtown business owners, who felt that the continuing prevalence of panhandling was discouraging shoppers from visiting the area.

Published on December 9, 2008

Diane Elder, a case manager at the Lawrence Community Shelter, draws numbers for the nighlty lottery that determines who will be allowed to sleep in the shelter over night. Employees at the shelter, which can house up to 31 individuals each night, said that they have had to turn people every night since last spring.

Published on December 9, 2008

Jason Guivera, a one-time resident at the Lawrence Community Shelter prepares a sandwich from the shelter's pantry in late October. The sign at the right, warning against giving the shelter's food to banned individuals, refers to persons who have violated the shelters restriction on violent or abusive behavior on the grounds. Although the facility is an open shelter, meaning individuals are not required to be sober to sleep there, idividuals can be permanently banned if they epeatedly exercise violence against staff or other people using the shelter.

Published on December 9, 2008

KANSAN

Published on December 9, 2008