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Pastor working to help homeless get identification documents
‘Without ID, you’re kind of messed up’
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Pastor Jerry Deyton started The Way day center in 2014 for the homeless. He recently received grant money to help people get their personal documentation which goes a long way to getting a job. - photo by Scott Rogers
When Steve Walton’s home was in flames, so went every form of ID he had. The man who later moved to Hall County found himself in a catch-22 familiar to the homeless community: You need a birth certificate for an ID, and you need to show ID for a birth certificate.