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By EDGAR MENDEZ of Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
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Associated Press
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Saturday, February 6, 2021
MILWAUKEE (AP) - In 2019, Rhonda Reid, a housing navigator for the Milwaukee County Housing Division, received a referral to help a chronically homeless woman who had also been involved in the street-based sex trade.
The woman, in poor health and struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues, wanted to turn her life around.
“Housing was her starting point,” Reid said.
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She’s been housed for a year now, Reid said, has improved her physical and mental health and worked on her substance abuse issues. And she just went on a job interview. ....

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