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Residents and service providers urge Grand Junction council to extend Resource Center lease 90 days
Summary
Service providers, clients and health professionals urged the Grand Junction City Council on March 19 to extend the lease of the downtown Resource Center for 90 days while a new site is identified and prepared, warning that an abrupt closure set for April 15 would disrupt services for people seeking housing, IDs and behavioral-health care.
Dozens of community members, service providers and health-care workers urged the Grand Junction City Council on March 19 to extend the downtown Resource Center's lease for 90 days to avoid service disruption while a replacement site is found.
The Resource Center, which provides food, hygiene services, case management, bus passes and connections to jobs and health care, is currently scheduled to close April 15. Kristen Seidel, identified in public comment as the Grants and Outreach Coordinator with Mutual Aid Partners, told the council that clients who use the center rely on it to secure identification and transportation to look for work and that a disruption would harm “hundreds of others like him who are trying to find work and housing.”
Why it matters: The speakers said the center functions as a one-stop hub that reduces barriers to services for people experiencing homelessness. Service providers and clinicians warned that closing the site…
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