Johnson County homeless shelter can't meet the demand. Can these proposed laws help?
Sarah Ritter, The Kansas City Star
Jan. 11—A line already stretched out the door last Wednesday, long before the homeless shelter opened for the night at a Lenexa church.
Volunteers greeted those waiting with temperature checks and a hot meal, and soon all 30 cots were accounted for. Within a couple of hours, staff had turned away nine more people seeking shelter.
That's typical, said Barb McEver, founder of Project 1020, which runs the shelter that can house only a small fraction of the people in Johnson County who need it.