Last Aug. 27, about 30 people — half from law-enforcement agencies and half from social-service agencies — descended on a motel on Madison's Far East Side.
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HOMELESS IN MADISON | A CITY CHALLENGED
A knock on the door brings help for homeless families in motels
From the Homeless in Madison | A City Challenged series
In this photo from July 2016, Dexter Lampley, 7, reads a book he pulled out of his school bag as his brother, Dayvonnie Rimmer, 2, center, and cousin, Trishtian Goodman, 2, play around by the entrance door of their motel room in Madison. They are part of an extended homeless family that lives part of the time in motels.
Though rarely the public face of homelessness, children are, by some counts, the majority of Madison's homeless population.
