Casa de Respiro will provide post-hospital services to persons experiencing homelessness in Tucson who are injured or ill and have no place to recover.
At 5:01 p.m. Wednesday, the first homeless men arriving on multiple buses entered Madisonâs new temporary homeless shelter at the cityâs former Fleet Services Building on the East Side, the future home of the Madison Public Market.
Carl âCJâ Parkin, homeless since mid-July and one of the first inside, moved through screening for COVID-19 and chose a bed in a corner of the massive space and then got bedding and a towel from Christopher Conner, who is also homeless and volunteering at the menâs shelter.
âGiven the time theyâve had to set it up, itâs actually quite good,â Parkin said after he made his bed.