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Anchorage health staff to seek two‑month extension for East 56 congregate shelter contract
Summary
City staff told an Anchorage Assembly work session they will ask the assembly to approve a two‑month extension of the Catholic Social Services contract at the East 56 congregate shelter to avoid displacing up to 200 residents while the city transitions to a scattered‑site model.
Anchorage health department staff told the Anchorage Assembly work session they will present a memorandum next week asking the assembly to approve Amendment 2 to the congregate shelter contract with Catholic Social Services, extending operations at the East 56 site from July 1 to Aug. 31 to continue serving up to 200 residents.
The request is meant to preserve continuity of operations while the municipality negotiates and moves clients into a scattered‑site model for non‑congregate housing.…
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