Housing
County and City leaders pose at new downtown homeless shelter for women

County Partners with City to Open New Homeless Shelter at Old Central Library

| 5:10 PM

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Over two dozen women experiencing homelessness downtown have a new option for a warm, safe place to sleep. A homeless shelter at the old Central Library on E Street is now open and has 36 beds available overnight to women exclusively.

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a team of people assisting a man sitting at a picnic table

County and Sheriff’s Department Homeless Outreach Teams Walk the Waterfront Park

| 11:13 AM

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A homeless outreach effort in the Waterfront Park is changing lives through direct, same day assistance. The County’s Office of Homeless Solutions and Equitable Communities (HSEC) teamed up with Sheriff’s deputies, Sheriff’s resource teams and other County support teams to walk the park and engage with unsheltered individuals. County public health nurses were also standing by to help.