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Richmond sets winter shelter schedule; officials warn federal shutdown and HUD funding cuts could strain services
Summary
The city’s Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services outlined an inclement‑weather shelter plan — Nov. 15–April 15 nights at the Salvation Army, 106 beds — and warned that a federal shutdown and potential HUD cuts to Continuum of Care funding could reduce housing resources.
Sami Popovich, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services, presented the city’s winter shelter and related homeless‑services updates to the Education & Human Services Committee.
Popovich said the inclement‑weather shelter will open nightly from Nov. 15 through April 15 at the Salvation Army, operating 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. and providing 106 adult beds. Extended daytime inclement‑weather shelter hours will be activated when the temperature remains at or below 40 degrees after 8 a.m., or when there is an accumulation of freezing rain or snow of 1 inch within a 24‑hour period. If the…
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