"I looked at her and tears were falling off my face," Brannon Prisk says. "I am thinking, what the hell has happened? How did I get here? How am I going to get out? How do you put the woman you love in this position?"
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The Dane County Homeless Services Consortium's new 21-page community plan to prevent and end homelessness sets first-time housing benchmarks.Â
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Brannon Prisk and Adria Mackesey prepare for work inside their 10-by-20-foot tent in the urban woods in April. A Mylar sheet hanging from the ceiling helps to retain heat. The couple eventually lost the jobs at an internet and phone sales company.Â
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Brannon Prisk emerges from the tent in early March. The couple had a propane heater and stove.
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Some don't access care until illness or dental needs become acute. Mothers with newborns and those recovering from surgery can be discharged to the streets. The terminally ill may have no place to die with dignity.Â
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Brannon Prisk applies bug spray to Adria Mackesey at their campsite in late June. The couple, homeless since January, had longed for warmer weather but found the summer brought swarms of mosquitoes as well as chipmunks and other animals.Â
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Brannon Prisk and Adria Mackesey placed a "Keep Out" sign along the trail leading to their campsite.Â
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