A family living out of their car, looking to escape the heat without burning through their gasoline.

A man who served 25 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and had to rebuild his life from the ground up.

Residents who lost their homes and belongings in an apartment complex fire and had nowhere else to go.

These are just some examples of the clientele who have utilized Jefferson Parish's new homeless service center since its opening on the West Bank in July, months after the parish banned homeless encampments earlier this year.

The center, run by the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority, seeks to provide the unhoused with a "one-stop shop" for services, from case management to clothing donations to treatment for substance abuse and mental illness to serving as a

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