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Ellis County Homeless Coalition urges warming shelter options as extreme cold affects families
Summary
At the Jan. 6 Waxahachie meeting, Kimberly Fuller of the Ellis County Homeless Coalition reported rising calls for help and urged the council and community to identify overnight warming space; she said volunteers and supplies are available but a location is needed.
Kimberly Fuller, representing the Ellis County Homeless Coalition, told the Waxahachie City Council on Jan. 6 that calls for assistance increased through 2024 and that volunteers are seeking a location for overnight warming shelter space as cold weather continues.
Fuller said calls received in October involved 61 individuals, 23 of them children; November calls involved 53 individuals, 17 children. For January through November 2024 she said the coalition worked with 621 individuals in the county,…
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