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Pregnant and addicted: Homeless women see hope in street medicine: Los Angeles Times

October 17, 2023
Melissa Crespo, shown with boyfriend Andy Gothan, is among a growing number of women who have lost a child while battling homelessness and addiction. (Angela Hart / KFF Health News)

Melissa Crespo, shown with boyfriend Andy Gothan, is among a growing number of women who have lost a child while battling homelessness and addiction. (Angela Hart / KFF Health News)

A KFF Health News story on health care for homeless, pregnant women quotes Brett Feldman, director of USC Street Medicine, stating that in the last two years, the number of street medicine teams operating in California has doubled to at least 50, clustered primarily in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, with 20 more in the pipeline.