Detroit Street Care looks after homeless

Volunteers with Detroit Street Care walk through Hart Plaza looking for homeless people, in Detroit, January 16, 2020. The organization, made up of medical students from Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, gives medical care and other assistance to the homeless population in the city.

Medical student Riya Malhotra, right, a volunteer with Detroit Street Care, gives out blankets and other cold weather essentials to a man named James near Hart Plaza, in Detroit, January 16, 2020. Detroit Street Care gives assistance and medical care to homeless people in Detroit.

Volunteers with Detroit Street Care walk through Hart Plaza looking for homeless people, in Detroit, January 16, 2020. The organization, made up of medical students from Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, gives medical care and other assistance to the homeless population in the city.

(From left) Medical students Thayor Morton and Ellie Small talk with a man named James, inside Hart Plaza, in Detroit, January 16, 2020. The organization, made up of medical students from Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, gives medical care and other assistance to the homeless population in the city.

Ellie Small, president of Detroit Street Care, talks with a homeless man named Curtis, inside Hart Plaza, in Detroit, January 16, 2020. The organization, made up of medical students from Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, gives medical care and other assistance to the homeless population in the city. "Just being there is sometimes the most powerful thing that we do," said Small.

Ellie Small, president of Detroit Street Care, talks with a homeless man named Curtis, inside Hart Plaza, in Detroit, January 16, 2020. The organization, made up of medical students from Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, gives medical care and other assistance to the homeless population in the city. "Just being there is sometimes the most powerful thing that we do," said Small.

Volunteers with Detroit Street Care walk through a homeless camp in Hart Plaza in Detroit, January 16, 2020. The organization, made up of medical students from Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, gives medical care and other assistance to the homeless population in the city.