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bit the ? Two years ago, about 100 volunteers carrying notepads and fashlights roamed the streets of Louisville long before sunrise. Tey crawled under overpasses and poked heads around foodwalls looking for the "chronically" homeless: those who often sufer from mental or physical illnesses; rotate in and out of jail, emergency rooms and shelters; and rack up taxpayer-footed bills that can climb to $50,000 a year. Of Louisville's estimated 9,000 homeless individuals, a couple hundred ft the "chronic" description. Te outreach was part of a 2003 nationwide campaign called 100,000 Homes, and since its launch, about 100 cities have signed on to get 100,000 of America's chronically homeless into housing. Studies have shown that hooking these individuals up with social services and a case manager who can stand in as family (most of these men and women lack a support system) drastically reduces the costs to society. Te goal of Louisville's Coalition for the Homeless was to house 75 men and women by 2014 using money from a federal grant. So far, the organization has helped 114 men and women. (Four entered the program but lost their housing.) In January 2012, the annual homeless count tallied 141 chronically homeless people. By 2013, that number fell to 63. Natalie Harris, the Coalition's executive director, says she hopes the total drops again during next month's count. — Anne Marshall WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO www.averyemeraldchristmas.com A DIRTY When it comes to celebrities and Kentucky (Jennifer Lawrence and George Clooney excluded), we tend to settle for the D-List. Just look at the semi-familiar names that pop up around Derby: Joey Fatone, Nick Lachey, that guy from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. But it seems A-Listers do show the Bluegrass State some love if there's the potential to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affeck, Jennifer Garner, Cameron Diaz, James Cameron and Nicolas Cage are among the nearly 70 Hollywood stars who've contributed to the Senate campaign of Democrat and Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. McConnell's camp scoffed at "Obama's liberal Hollywood friends" supporting Grimes. No word yet if McConnell will again tap Clint "talk to an empty chair" Eastwood for a little nudge from Tinseltown's feeble right wing. — AM bit CLOVER 211 L A N E 211CloverLane.com www.211cloverlane.com 896-9570 18 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 12.13