Finding Home
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Last published Sat, Nov 25, 2017
On any given night, 643,067 people are homeless in America
238,110 of those have families
25% have a mental illness
17% are chronically homeless, meaning they've been homeless for over a year, and will likely continue to be homeless
13% are escaping domestic violence
12% are veterans
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Leo belongs to the homeless population. She's never even thought about getting another home. As far as she's concerned, she and her sister Robin are just fine living under an abandoned overpass and going on with their lives almost just as normally as anyone else does. But when Leo meets Mercedes, her definition of home may be changed, and she might just figure out what it really means to "make yourself at home".
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