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Terre Haute presenters outline formal warming-center plan and $1,200 daily activation pay to Reach Services
Summary
City officials presented a joint city–county warming-center plan that would reimburse Reach Services $1,200 per activation day and establish clear activation thresholds and fiscal-agent options. The plan aims to close an estimated shortfall in emergency bed capacity and create a transparent activation process and MOU with the county.
AT, the presenter for the warming-center task force, told the Terre Haute City Council on Nov. 6 that the goal of the plan is “to make sure that when temperatures become dangerously cold, every person in our community has a safe and warm place to go.” AT said the proposal formalizes an activation-based reimbursement model for the primary operator, Reach Services (Pathways Day Center).
The proposal sets a daily activation reimbursement rate of $1,200 payable to Reach Services when the warming center is officially open. AT described how that sum would be used: roughly 80% for staffing and overtime, 10% for utilities, 5% for food and basic supplies and 5% for cleaning, safety and other operations. AT noted that community donations supply most meals and blankets and that the funds would…
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