SEATTLE — As she peeled a red cuff off the 53-year-old’s arm, nurse Molly Bosch broke into a smile. Despite everything, Jackie Peavy’s blood pressure was normal.

Peavy became homeless for the first time early this year after losing her job and getting evicted. Finding a place to live — let alone work that paid enough to afford rent in Seattle — felt out of reach.

But that night, Peavy had something few in her position do: an invitation to sleep in the same bed for as many nights as she needed, with almost no strings attached.

Peavy’s refuge was Donna Jean’s Place.

The entirely donor-funded 20-bed emergency women’s shelter opened in February less than two blocks from Volunteer Park in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Tucked behind St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, the shelter is run

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