Facing the Harsh Reality of Youth Homelessness Detroit Stands United to Make a Difference

The chill of a Detroit night cuts through even the thickest coat. For Shaunetra Morton, it’s a familiar sting, one she once endured nightly in an abandoned house with no heat, no water, and no hope. The young woman, in her early 20s at the time, was trapped in a cycle of homelessness and abuse. But on a particularly cold evening in 2007, she walked through the doors of Covenant House Michigan (CHMI) on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard-and everything changed.

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