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Christian Health Associates reports family-shelter operations; program says funding shortfalls led to January turnaways
Summary
Christian Health Associates updated the committee on the family emergency cold-weather shelter system: in one night their single‑site and hotel overflow sheltered 14 families (51 people). The provider said a 10% funding cut reduced hotel room capacity and led to 74 family turnaways in January; later municipal funds helped eliminate turnaways.
Dave Kuiper, associate director at Christian Health Associates, and Taria Ware, data and report manager, briefed the committee on family emergency cold‑weather shelter operations and outcomes.
“Last night, our single site facility, sheltered 8 families that consisted of 12 adults and 15 children,” Kuiper said. He described a single‑site duplex that can house families plus hotel overflow used to manage surges.
Taria Ware said the program provides housing navigation, application assistance, case management and…
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