Inside the laundry room at Homeward Bound, a homeless shelter in Wooster, a volunteer folds the latest batch of bedding, while a washing machine spins a sudsy load.

"We do a lot of laundry as you can imagine. We provide all the bedding and the shower and towels and stuff like that," says Brandon Barnes, the shelter's executive director.

Homeward Bound opened earlier this year and can accommodate up to 44 people at a time.

Wayne County doesn't have as many homeless people as more urban counties like Cuyahoga and Summit. At the last count in 2023, there were 110 unhoused people. But Barnes says that number is probably low.

“There are some folks that might have been hidden at that moment or weren't homeless at that time,” Barnes said. "And so we really don't know who's out there, wh

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