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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.