They had been on the road since sundown, racing between shelters.

The transitional centers are intended to bridge the gaps between shelters and permanent housing.

Not nearly as fierce, still it caught them between shelters and showed every sign of lasting until evening.

There are two major difference between shelters and rescue groups.

They shuffled between shelters and psychiatric wards, unable to hold down jobs, maintain relationships or pay bills.

With a mother addicted to drugs and a father he did not know, Davis bounced between shelters and foster homes, sometimes stealing food to eat.

Recently, he had bounced between homeless shelters in Fort Worth.

After rotating between shelters and the streets, he asked to be admitted into a detoxification program in Canandaigua.

Six months later, they floated between shelters and friends' homes.

Since then, she has been bouncing between shelters and friends' homes.