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West Havenwarming center uses ARPA funds; officials report nightly full occupancy
Summary
City emergency and ARPA funds are financing an overnight warming center at 689 Campbell Avenue that opened in mid-December. Director Rick Fontana said the center has been full most nights and will operate through April 1 for the winter season unless temperatures require extension.
Director Rick Fontana told the council the city used ARPA unhoused-funding to operate an overnight warming center at 689 Campbell Avenue this winter. The center opened a few weeks later than planned but has run nightly from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. and, Fontana said, has frequently been full.
Fontana described operations: the site has a capacity normally set at 15 people, increased to 18 during declared extreme cold events. There are no beds; the…
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