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Wausau residents, outreach staff highlight shelter outcomes and concerns about seniors experiencing homelessness
Summary
A resident urged more geriatric-trained care and stronger protections for unhoused seniors; outreach staff reported the shelter served more than 350 unduplicated people from May'December and moved several into permanent housing while volunteers logged 7,514 hours.
A Wausau resident and shelter outreach staff told the Public Health & Safety Committee on Jan. 19 that the city's shelter system has been active but faces continuing challenges caring for older adults experiencing homelessness.
Deborah Ryan, identifying herself as a Wausau resident, told the committee she recently learned of a senior found shivering near 3rd Street and Jefferson who had no place to go after staying at the shelter the prior night. "It should be an immediate 9-1-1 red flag," Ryan said, adding that…
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