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Mary Jo Copeland gets down on her knees to wash and treat blistered feet every day. 'For me, ' she says, 'It's healing and humility to serve God this way. No one ever touches these people. There is so much loneliness on the road these people…

Mary Jo Copeland leads a homeless family through the snow to Mary's Place, a transitional housing shelter that houses 56 families. This family had just been evicted from their apartment.

She's become a Minnesota institution, but she's also street talk in Chicago, Detroit and other cities, this woman who helps people fleeing abuse, poverty and violence. Mary Jo Copeland's daily guests can be from anywhere when she opens the doors to…

Danielle Beam shares a bed with her mother, Nancy, at a shelter for domestic violence. She has wanted to stay close to her mother since they moved to the shelter.

Nancy Beam pauses in her room at a battered women's shelter. Though Nancy works full-time, she's been unable to find affordable housing. Her husband was found guilty of felony domestic violence, assault with a deadly weapon and battery.

Nancy Beam and daughter Danielle, 11, do chores at a shelter. Nancy moved into the shelter with her two daughters after she was beaten so badly she had to be taken by helicopter to a trauma hospital.

April Martinez visits the grave of her murdered two year-old daughter, Tameka. April's boyfriend was indicted on 10 counts, including the girl's murder and domestic violence. With April is her daughter, Shante, 9.

Victim advocates tried to soothe a victim of domestic violence during a break in testimony during the preliminary hearing.

A victim of domestic violence, testifying at her ex-boyfriend's preliminary hearing, appears terrified as she looks at the flashlight he used to break her arm.

Handcuffs bind the wrists of domestic violence defendants, who come from all racial and economic groups.