Joey Monroe calls himself a survivor. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran has survived since August without a permanent roof over his head, and he understands the consequences of living on the streets. “Anything could have happened to me in the street,“ he said. “I could have ended up dead in the street.“

Hundreds of the Richmond area’s homeless population turned out today for Homeward’s third annual Project Homeless Connect at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.

Joyce A. Clanton came to the Greater Richmond Convention Center yesterday to get help restoring her Social Security benefits. She left with a lot more. Clanton was one of 575 area residents who visited the second Project Homeless Connect, a clearinghouse of services and information for the area’s homeless.