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“Gateway Mission recognizes that poverty is significantly more complex than just a roof over someone’s head.” Anyone can fall into poverty through oppression, injustice, addictions, natural disasters, a traumatic past, a lack of skills, or generational learned helplessness. Some folks

  “While Many of us view poverty in economic terms, poverty is more than a lack of money.”   In discussions surrounding homelessness, this topic is often the underlying cause. People would agree that the homeless are a straightforward illusion

“We must see the homeless population as real people – not addicts, drunks, or prostitutes.”   We are all faced with people experiencing homelessness. Maybe it is someone we know or the familiar panhandler on the corner. We must see