“I got involved in homeless services 30 years ago when I was a homeless man myself. I’m a veteran, and like a lot of veterans, I came back home, and I had a difficult time adjusting and I spent a lot of years on the streets struggling. When I finally got help, I spent the rest of my life trying to do the same for others,” said Theo Dues, who now serves as the regional director for Mercy House, an organization that works to end homelessness—one bed at a time.
“We started as a 150-bed shelter based on our incredible success in getting people housed, the city then funded an expansion that took us to 250 beds, and then a second expansion that took us all the way to 300 beds,” said Dues.
In less than five years, they’ve placed hundreds of guests at the Brundage Lane Navigation Center (BLNC) into permanent housing, with Randell White marking the number 500…