Featured photojournalist: Lucy Nicholson

Laurie Miles sits with her son Cameron Purdle outside the centre, which provides a safe environment for mothers and their children and helps them to get a fresh start Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Aleyah Lloyd eats lunch at the shelter Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Lindzy Earp sits in the playground with Deja Mass Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Denise Bowie watches her one-year-old daughter Genelle walking. The centre is a transitional housing and residential facility that helps women and children move out of homelessness and build better lives Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Children attend an after-school class Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

A girl watches a model plane during an aviation class Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Lindzy Earp watches her mother push her five-week-old sister Emily into their temporary apartment in the centre Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Doreen Earp holds her daughter Emily in their apartment Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Lilly changes the nappy of her sister Emily Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Doreen Earp breastfeeds her daughter Emily in the gardens Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Lilly Earp hugs her baby sister Emily Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Lilly Earp lies on her bed at the shelter Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Daniella Flores carries her brother Brandon Flores in the playground Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Children in the playground Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters