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Medical respite offers refuge for homeless people recovering from illness

Henry Jones, who kept getting sicker after 11 years of homelessness, was admitted in 1991 into Christ House, one of the first medical respite programs in the country. (Ryan Levi/Tradeoffs)

Henry Jones felt like he was at the end of the line in the summer of 1991.

"There was no way out," he remembered thinking. "I prayed and was tired, but I couldn't see no way out."

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