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Residents, service providers press Aiken council for faster action on homelessness and shelter services
Summary
Speakers at the April 13 Aiken City Council meeting urged faster local action on homelessness while providers described existing and planned resources, including a Salvation Army resource center and community-based outreach programs. Council members noted recent city funding and called for continued collaboration.
Residents and local service providers urged the Aiken City Council on April 13 to accelerate responses to homelessness even as longer-term facilities are planned.
At the meeting, Mary Anton, chair of the Aiken County Homeless Coalition, presented results from a Salvation Army–commissioned study and said 18% of Aiken households fall below the federal poverty level. She added that when households below the poverty level are combined with those in the ALICE (asset limited, income constrained, employed) category, “the total number of households is…
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