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Hospitality Hub urges $2.5 million from Shelby County to expand noncongregate sheltering for families and youth
Summary
Hospitality Hub presenters described rising homelessness across Shelby County, highlighted services for women and youth, and asked the Budget & Finance Committee for $2,500,000 in county funding to expand hub studios and countywide outreach.
Kelsey Johnson, a Hospitality Hub representative, told the Shelby County Budget & Finance Committee that homelessness “is not a downtown problem” and described rising numbers of unhoused children and families across the county.
Johnson said the Hub serves people across Memphis and the suburbs and described a mix of services including a hotel intake model, hub studios for single adults or small family units, outreach to encampments and a youth housing development program (YSDP). She told commissioners the Hub had 5,213 unique guests last year and reported roughly 2,690–2,960 homeless children in local schools, figures she cited from her organization's outreach and school-system contacts.
The presentation asked the committee to approve $2,500,000 in county funding so the…
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