More than 1 in 4 people released from North Carolina prisons in 2024 had no home to go to. That's 5,610 people released into homelessness. Not metaphorical homelessness. Actual homelessness. No verified address, no shelter, no plan. Just the street. Think about what that means for public safety. Research on desistance from crime, the process by which people genuinely leave crime behind, consistently finds that stable housing is one of the most powerful protective factors against reoffending. When someone can't meet their most basic human need, the chance that they'll successfully build a new life collapses. This isn't a character failure. It's a system failure. And it costs North Carolina taxpayers $54,000 a year to incarcerate someone, compared to $33,000/yr for transitional housing that actually works. That math matters. Our investment choices matter. Since 1987, our Center for Women ensures that 30 women at a time have exactly what the data says they need, a safe place to...