![A group of people warm up around a fire at a Gainesville encampment during winter months in 2015.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2022-08/homeless.jpeg?itok=gfbqyH06)
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A group of people warm up around a fire at a Gainesville encampment during winter months in 2015. A Georgia Senate study committee heard from nonprofit and state agency leaders about ways to help Georgians experiencing homelessness — and potentially criminalize them.
Credit: Contributed by Joshua Silavent