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CARE urges St. Augustine to fund drop-in center phases and a 'dignity bus' in next budget
Summary
Vicky Pepper of CARE praised the city's drop-in day center plan, urged funding to finish phase 1 and progress on phase 2 wraparound services, and requested budget allocation for a mobile 'Dignity bus.' She said such services help people keep employment and address root causes of homelessness.
Vicky Pepper, speaking as a resident and on behalf of Community Advocates for Racial Equity (CARE), told the city commission she supports the city's plan for a drop-in day center for people experiencing homelessness and urged budget allocations to complete construction and operation of the project's phases.
"CARE particularly appreciates that the city has found the funding and decided to proceed to finalize in all construction aspects of phase 1 of the project before moving Dining with Dignity to the new site," Pepper said. She described phase 1 as addressing immediate needs and called…
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