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Cortney Lohnes

Oct 21, 2026

1:53
How did that outsider then turn into insider perspective shape the changes you wanted to take?
2:00
Yeah.
2:01
So I think my, the big experience that I think about in doing intervention work before I moved to shelter was I was working with a mom who had, I was working with her in just a sort of a family support capacity, but she one day was ready to leave.
2:17
She was very at risk.
2:19
It was very dangerous.
2:21
And we were sitting in my car in a parking lot and for hours calling shelters, calling emergency supports.
2:31
And the answer, of course, no one had any space, which is very common.

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15:30
So I'm curious of what does the data tell us about where the real gaps are in the broader system and maybe not just in the shelter practice?

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