Homeless in January😔

Homeless Issues #172                            02/02/21
 
           
             Common Sense                      Common Sense
              

                     Just Plain Common Sense!    
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South Lake Tahoe basin and the Western Slope
average program census:
 
HomeKey Program for families/special needs. Low-cost housing.
RoomKey for sheltering singles in need and cooperative.
The Pathways Winter Sheltering of individuals.
 
Roomkey motel: 20 persons— Homekey: 5 — Stabilization: 6 — Motel: 3 —.
Total census: 34. Also South Lake Tahoe has space to shelter, temporarily, about 6 persons during the day if their medical or other conditions warrants it.
 
Thanks to Cheyenne who keeps track of all the homeless in El Dorado county who have completed the “Open Door” (Coordinated Entry) registration.
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Pathways Sheltering (Winter Shelter)
The efforts of The Upper Room and
Green Valley Church.
 
Now housing 15 persons who want to make an effort for a better life and are willing to invest their time and energy in attending classes and exerting themselves. They do plan to expand to 20 persons if they find homeless persons who want to change and exert themselves. This program conforms to the El Dorado County Public Health guidelines.

They are in need of volunteers: Contact Tamra Janies, she is the on-site lead…TJanies@ Comcast.net … OR … Charlie Mc Donald … Direstor@UpperRoomDiningHall.Org …
 
YEP! JSS is there to serve. Every Wednesday night!

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Gathering the homeless in one space to keep them out of the rain and cold has to be weighed against the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless population and keeping those found infected, quarantined for 14 days. Who is to make that call? And at what location can this be done?