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Local health navigator urges county to expand transitional housing after death of unhoused client
Summary
A Chestnut Health Systems community health navigator told the council that a 36‑year‑old unhoused man, Ben Allen, was struck and killed; she urged Jefferson County to treat transitional housing as a tool to provide stability and dignity and referenced a Festus City Council vote on transitional housing expected the same night.
Tara Lang, a community health navigator with Chestnut Health Systems, used the council’s public‑comment period to describe the death of a client, Ben Allen, who was struck and killed by a car near Highway 30 and PP. Lang said Allen had been unhoused, had connections with the Northwest Library and had begun discussing housing options but that…
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