For nearly three months, the Scott Eicke Warming Center at Bartle Hall has provided a place for people experiencing homelessness to get out of the cold at night, meals, showers, and other services. Next week it is set to close.Kenneth Mobley, 57, has been a guest since the center started at the Garrison Community center. “I’m running through a rough spot right now in my life,” said Mobley. When the pandemic hit, he lost his job. Without unemployment support, he relied on his savings. His plan is to go to school to get a job as a truck driver.“I feel confident I’m going to work my way out of it. I feel confident I am not going to be here forever.”Organizer Anton Washington says at least thirty people have been able to transition out of homelessness. “I’ve gotten so much love from individuals that have said, ‘Thank you. I have a job.’ It makes me proud to know that people that have been here in this space to be able to make sure that they can move on with their
Tony s Kansas City
Saturday, March 06, 2021
Kansas City Homeless Crisis Persists After Convention Center Warming Camp Closed
This cowtown dutifully spent more than half a million bucks to help keep impoverished people alive during a recent arctic chill. Now that the money and the brutal cold have evaporated, the lives of these poor scamps still haven t improved.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - According to Mayor Quinton Lucas, at the end of the month, Kansas City will no longer utilize the Kansas City Convention Center s Bartle Hall as an emergency homeless shelter. Community members, in partnership with the city, opened Bartle Hall in January as an emergency warming center for area homeless.
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