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' H I ^*Jtt/^jjj^ I HPiw byi Qp^ - l||TP ify for a whole lot of help," said Cook. The Department of Mental Health won't treat people whc 1 t_ _?_ .1 LI __J _ 11 1 11 11 nave a suDsiance aDuse prumem, anu aiconoi ana arug renat programs say they can't treat mentally ill people until they gel stabilized on their medication. "So neither place is willing to jump in and treat them ahead of time," Cook said. "With these types of problems, you're not going to make z whole lot of difference," acknowledges Cook. "But to the one you do work with, it makes all the difference in the world. H 1 s?Hss9 ^s KiSu * -1 **mF,^ '^MnM|f'- f? ""tT''dL j jjj* 1 $8 ^m* w ML ^pH| "I've seen clients come in here totally broken, and leave ) here changed people. That satisfies me." ) A Two Bedroom Apartment l Nell Jackson is homeless. She spends her days thinking of a new life. "I dream every i day for a two bedroom apartment, with a lot of money on the : side." But Jackson has been at the Oliver Gospel Mission for two rl Miller, a maintenance i mission, helps Bobby lis shoelaces. Pry or lives in apartments at the Oliver ission. iary Booker gets cans of the mission's storage room dinner. She feeds around i on any given night. 0 jj^m mm m \ J11P" \ f \ SH ! ! i months, living on the street for nearly ten years. Nell Jackson, homeless, dreaming of a new life, has two children. TU 7 1 Q _IJ 1- 11 , 11icy die i anu o years oiu, living wirn jacicsons parents. 1 miss them a hell of a lot," says Jackson. "I hope they miss me ' too." She sees her children occasionally. Her parents live only a ! few miles away - they give her money occasionally and know she is homeless. But Jackson will not live with them, even if it | would allow her to live with her children. She spends the '