Alyson Shields Ninth District Opportunity, along with some of its community partners, provided dozens of homeless and low-income people with resources for the new year. The event, which took place outside of The Way on Bradford Street in Gainesville, was publicized to the homeless communities in the area as a place to grab a hot meal, a coat, some cold weather accessories and even a cell phone if they needed one, as well as a place to learn about benefits like Medicare and food stamps. "Medicare is very complex," said broker and independent advocate Kathleen Krueger. "As people kind of living on the outskirts, they don't get the mailers, they don't feel like there is anybody they can talk to, they don't understand it. They also don't understand what they can get to help pay for their Medicare."