SIOUX CITY’S WARMING SHELTER WILL CLOSE PERMANENTLY ON OCTOBER 1ST.
JOE TWIDWELL, TREASURER OF THE HOMELESS SHELTER’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON:
CLOSING1 OC……..LACK OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. :13
TWIDWELL SAYS THEY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONFIRMING THE CLOSURE TO ALLOW OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES TO PREPARE TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION BY THE TIME WINTER BEGINS.:
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TWIDWELL SAYS THE SHELTER HAS A HALF MILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL IN FUNDING, BUT THAT’S JUST FOR THIS YEAR. HE SAYS THE SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY IN GENERAL HAS NOT SUPPORTED THE WARMING SHELTER:
CLOSING3 OC….THAT WE NEED. :33
BUSINESSMAN DAVE BERNSTEIN ATTENDED THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND AFTERWARDS SAID LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS SHELTER NEEDS:
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TWIDWELL SAYS THE SHELTER SUPPORT HAS ALSO BEEN HURT BY MISINFORMATION SPREAD IN THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS IT IS A MAGNET FOR HOMELESS FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE TRI-STATE REGION:
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HE SAYS HE EXPECTS EMERGENCY ROOMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BECOME BUSIER AFTER THE SHELTER CLOSES IN DEALING WITH THE LOCAL HOMELESS POPULATION.
