b'Id say we are living in messy times, he says, where the homeless began to congregate. About 20 years Brother Bob Donovan, SM, cognizant of the unpredictable and ever-changing ago, gentrification began changing the neighborhood; examines a patient at a cliniccircumstances that everyone is facingbut especially today, nearly half of the residents are urban professionals. in Cincinnati where he works.the homeless and those serving on the front lines of So while some in this neighborhood have been this global pandemic. inconvenienced by the virus, the homeless and thosewho recently lost jobs are experiencing a heightenedNavigating a fluid landscape sense of anxiety, says Laura Furst, a clinical behavioralThe clinic where Brother Bob works is located in Over- psychologist who works with Brother Bob at thethe-Rhine, a rough and hardscrabble Cincinnati Healthcare for the Homeless Program. Many of theneighborhood where the working poormostly patients we see have a history of trauma, she says.Black Americansfound affordable housing and So we see a lot of unhealthy behaviors resulting frommarianist.com/donate 5'