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Resident urges Jefferson County to create overnight inclement‑weather shelters for people experiencing homelessness
Jefferson County Missouri County Council · October 27, 2025
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Summary
A community health navigator told the council Jefferson County has no overnight shelters, warming buses or emergency accommodations and urged formation of a task force to address inclement‑weather sheltering for unhoused residents.
Tara Lang, who identified herself as a community health navigator with Chestnut, told the Jefferson County Council the county is ‘‘alarmingly unprepared’’ to protect people experiencing homelessness from cold weather and asked officials to form a task force.
"Jefferson County, home to close to 235,000 residents, finds itself alarmingly…
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