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Family Assistance Center director outlines shelter expansion, outreach and funding concerns
Summary
Candace Sturman, executive director of the Family Assistance and Resource Center, told the Sweet Home Community Health Committee the shelter added 13 dual-occupancy pods and two four-person pods, is expanding outreach, and is watching state-level changes to Medicaid and SNAP that could affect clients.
Candace Sturman, executive director of the Family Assistance and Resource Center, told the Sweet Home Community Health Committee that her organization has added new sleeping pods at its shelter, expanded outreach and is preparing for funding pressures tied to statewide Medicaid and SNAP changes. "We recently ... added the 13 dual occupancy pods as well as 2 pods that hold 4 people," Sturman said.
Sturman gave a roughly 20-minute presentation describing how residents progress through the shelter’s site, from what she called the huts to heated pods with windows and electricity, and how case management and rental-assistance planning are part of longer-term goals. "My goal is to start setting small groups ...…
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