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Grand Junction funds interim services with United Way and Homeward Bound as resource center winds down
Summary
City council approved short‑term contracts with Homeward Bound and United Way to maintain core services after the city‑run Resource Center reduces hours and closes at the end of June. The agreements passed unanimously and draw on existing city homelessness allocations while staff proceed with an RFP for longer‑term arrangements.
The Grand Junction City Council unanimously authorized interim agreements on Tuesday to keep critical services for people experiencing homelessness running as the city’s Resource Center reduces hours and prepares to close June 30.
Council adopted two separate resolutions authorizing short‑term contracts: one with Homeward Bound of the Grand Valley to operate a daytime navigation hub and to continue nursing and case management services at its North Avenue shelter, and a second with United Way of Mesa County to coordinate outreach, a water refill and tent replacement program, limited transportation and skills and recovery‑support programming.
Ashley Chambers, the city’s housing supervisor, told council the measures…
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