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The Voluntary Action Center (VAC) has just announced Mark Palmer will be its Project Coordinator for the Opportunity Campus for the upcoming year.Â
The Opportunity Campus aims to transitioning those who are homeless to being sheltered by providing them with an array of amenities such as safe temporary shelter, transitional and affordable housing, meals, basic daily needs, and wrap-around services.
âBeing able to be a part of this vision and having the opportunity to work with other community leaders to change the strategic direction of needed services with the ultimate goal of ending homelessness in Columbia is exciting,â Palmer stated.
Proposed facility aims to help end homelessness in Columbia
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Plans are in the works for a new living facility to help the homeless population in Columbia.
The Voluntary Action Center (VAC) announced Tuesday that with the help of several other organizations it is moving forward with creating the campus. The facility will provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, affordable housing, meals, and dental and clinical wraparound services.
Ed Stansberry, the executive director of VAC, said the vision of the facility is to provide a full-scale level of services that can lift people out of homelessness and put them back into mainstream society.