JoCo Homeless Shelter Coming Soon

Actually, we talked about this months ago . . . However . . .

Today we check another sign of the times and more resources for po'folk that are far more ethical than the tired tradition of JoCo po-po dropping off homeless people in downtown KCMO . . . Check-it . . .

While homeless families have a few options for shelter in Johnson County, only a handful of beds are available for single women. And no permanent shelter exists for single men.

“If you only look at emergency shelter for someone whose first and foremost issue is that they are experiencing homelessness, in our community of 600,000 people, we’ve got about 60 beds. And none of them are for adult men without minor children. So this really addresses the need to invest in a solution,” Julie Brewer, executive director of United Community Services of Johnson County, told The Star.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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