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Walworth County hears public pleas and staff update on Twin Oaks homeless shelter
Summary
Residents and county staff described Twin Oaks Shelter’s services and building needs; county staff said financial support is constrained by statutory limits while Community Action searches for new sites.
Residents, volunteers and county staff on March 19 urged Walworth County Health and Human Services (HHS) Board to do more to support Twin Oaks Shelter in Darien, describing persistent demand for shelter and the facility’s disrepair. County staff outlined past uses of federal ARPA funds and said legal limits constrain direct county funding while Community Action looks for alternative sites.
Deborah Gild Oregon, a Twin Oaks volunteer from Elkhorn, told the board she has seen “the trauma of homelessness” firsthand and said Twin Oaks provides rooms, food, clothing, case management and training for residents trying to reach self-sufficiency. “There is a continuous wait list of up to a hundred or more,”…
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