There is a place down by the MARTA tracks between the MLK and Georgia State stations you don’t want to go. The people who live there call it “the dungeon,” and only the most desperate of Atlanta’s homeless go there. This is where Street Medicine program director Joy Fernandez De Nayan first found Doug. Wheelchair-bound…
Mavis was 65 years old when she received a call; her daughter (and boyfriend) had been arrested. Could Mavis come and take custody of her three grandchildren? Otherwise, they would be separated and placed into Floyd County foster care. Mavis hadn’t seen her grandchildren since they were babies. Now they were all in elementary school…
James Bentley never thought he would end up needing Recuperative Care for men at Gateway Center. In the spring 2019, he was engaged to be married, worked at Home Depot, and was able to see his grandkids at least once a week. Then he had a stroke. “When I had my stroke, I was admitted…
