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Currently Reading Where are we going to go? : Stamford homeless shelter to move clients out of hotels by end of month
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Residents including Ricky Gagne, center, listen as Pacific House Director Rob Lockhard announces plans to vacate Super 8 hotel where Pacific House houses 97 residents and La Quinta where they house 20 residents during a resident meeting at Super 8 Thursday, March 4, 2021, in Stamford, Conn. Director Lockhard says he plans to rehouse the residents somewhere else since the Shelters capacity is down to 40 beds.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media
STAMFORD As the pandemic raged last spring, local homeless shelters were faced with a critical decision: move people from their facilities or risk an outbreak of COVID-19.
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A bank and a homeless man teamed up to help the unbanked get their COVID stimulus checks
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Kenneth Moss uses the ATM at the Key Bank on Canal Street in Stamford, Conn. on Monday, October 12, 2020. Moss friend Leon Standly, a Pacific House Shelter resident, helped Moss get a hassle free account at the bank after developing a relationship with a bank manager.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Leon Standly, left, and Kenneth Moss at the Key Bank on Canal Street in Stamford, Conn. on Monday, October 12, 2020. Standly, a Pacific House Shelter resident, helped Moss get a hassle free account at the bank after developing a relationship with a bank manager.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less