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Meg’s Place founder pitches county support as shelter alternative to children sleeping in DSS office
Summary
Amber Vess of the Live Like Meagan Foundation described Meg’s Place, a McDowell-based home and resource center that houses children awaiting foster placements and provides clothing, basic household items and reunification supports; she cited Burke County numbers showing children sleeping at the Department of Social Services.
Amber Vess, executive founder and director of the Live Like Meagan Foundation, told the commissioners on July 21 that Meg’s Place provides a short-term home and resource center for children who otherwise sleep at Department of Social Services offices while a foster placement is located. “Meg’s Place gives this home idea for children, that they have a bed to…
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