Mini-shelters house discharged patients The unhoused and medically fragile in Eugene will have a safe place to go Five new personal shelters at a St. Vincent de Paul site in Eugene were paid for by PeaceHealth. They will house homeless patients released from PeaceHealth hospitals and emergency rooms. (Courtesy St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County) 3/5/2021 3:45 PM
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EUGENE With a grant from PeaceHealth, St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County has opened five one-person shelters at Dawn to Dawn, a service site for homeless people.
The $74,000 grant from PeaceHealth funds construction and operation of the five small structures, which are dedicated to temporarily sheltering patients upon discharge from inpatient stays at PeaceHealth hospitals and emergency rooms.