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Residents press Johnson County for more shelter access as commissioners pilot cooling and warming centers
Summary
Several public commenters described growing homelessness and urged more county action; commissioners described a pilot cooling/warming center program and a Dec. 1 cold-weather shelter start date.
Multiple residents at the Sept. 4 Johnson County commission meeting urged the board to expand services for people without housing and called for more day-shelter options.
"I was walking down this trail and a man came out of the bushes and he said, 'I'm really hungry. I need some food,'" public commenter Donald Stout said, describing a recent encounter and adding, "There's no day shelters in Johnson County. We just have a cold weather shelter that begins December…
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