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Residents and service providers urge council to address shelter capacity, call for centralized resource center
Summary
Speakers at public comment urged the council to support a centralized resource center and more housing capacity; nonprofits said demand is high and beds fill within days, while volunteers and Salvation Army leaders were praised for local efforts.
Public commenters at the March 23 Aiken City Council meeting urged city leaders to do more to expand shelter capacity and support a centralized resource center for people experiencing homelessness.
Mary Anton, chair of the Aiken County Homeless Coalition, told the council a recent survey — paid in part with city-planned plutonium-settlement funds — showed a pressing need for a centralized resource center to coordinate prevention, intake and services. "The centralized resource center will serve all those…
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