In Washington, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said 563 shelters holding 151,409 people had opened in 10 states.
More than one out of four families in shelters, 28 percent, include at least one employed adult, city figures show, and 16 percent of single adults in shelters hold jobs.
Will the shelters hold up in court?
Today, she speaks to me from inside a muddy shelter held together by pieces of string.
By February 2010, the shelter held 200 families, some of whom were sleeping on hallway floors and other communal spaces.
Take the Athena House in Tampa for example - this past October, the shelter held a fundraiser in which ticket sales went directly to the needs of the home and attendees were entertained with music, comedy and dance.
If you have no place to go and you're standing in the doorway of a shelter, holding two kids by the hand, and an intake official doesn't believe that you're homeless, you're in big trouble.
Dave Mathis, who runs the Oregon Ferret Shelter, holds up a rare breed.
The shelter holds three dozen people, said George Miller, director of the Oakland County Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the center. .
The animal shelter holds stray dogs and unwanted pet dogs abandoned by the owners for adoption.
