After the state changed the law in the spring, which increased the number of Code Blue nights, the M25 Initiative, who operated and funded Code Blue shelters across the country, stopped operating the shelters. However, local volunteers are running the operations, for now.
A change to the stateâs Code Blue alert law early this year has strained the services of agencies that shelter Cumberland Countyâs homeless during frigid nights.
The programs have managed to continue, though, due in part to the efforts of two women working with support from the community, little sleep and a deep faith in God.