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Mayor says city accounted for funding as Keystone Mission closes; homelessness response under coordination
Summary
Mayor George Brown told council the city funded construction and staffing associated with a shelter program and that multiple agencies are coordinating to place people after Keystone Mission’s closure, but officials said they still do not know how many people remain to be placed.
Wilkes-Barre’s mayor told the city council on July 10 that the city had accounted for funding used to support a facility associated with Keystone Mission and that multiple local agencies are coordinating an emergency response after Keystone Mission shut down. Mayor George Brown said the city paid roughly $224,000 to convert a warehouse into a facility with offices, showers and night-time sleeping capacity and separately paid $109,000 to Keystone Mission for staffing the shelter for…
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