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Fawn Schott, CEO of the local Volunteers of America, the nonprofit that would operate a young adult shelter — if there were one.
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ince the city of Spokane was awarded a $2.7 million grant this summer for a young adult shelter, city and regional leaders have agreed on one thing: The shelter is urgently needed.
What they can't agree on is where to put it. That's frustrated Fawn Schott, the president and CEO of the local Volunteers of America, the nonprofit that would operate the shelter.
"This is NIMBY at its core," Schott says. "Nobody wants a shelter in their backyard."