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Communities struggle to make best use of largest influx of homeless aid in U.S. history Shaena Montanari and Natalie Walters, Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By the time Long-Curtiss got permission to erect temporary shelters purchased with her community’s share of the funding, temperatures already were dipping below freezing. She had just one week to ready the site and make potentially life-and-death decisions. ....
SHAENA MONTANARI AND NATALIE WALTERS Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in Oregonâs Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the areaâs homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By the time Long-Curtiss got permission to erect temporary shelters purchased with her communityâs share of the funding, temperatures were already dipping below freezing. She had just one week to ready the site and make potentially life-and-death decisions. ....
Shaena Montanari and Natalie Walters Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in the Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The area s regular homeless shelter, like many around Oregon, was closed because of COVID-19. The federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By the time The Dalles councilwoman got permission to erect temporary shelters purchased with her community’s share of the funding, temperatures already were dipping below freezing. ....
By Conor Hughes [email protected] United Housing Connections pulled the project together and Miracle Hill, which has housed homeless people with COVID-19 since the pandemic began last spring, will staff it around the clock, said Tim Brown, vice president of adult ministries at the charity. The new case count of coronavirus in Greenville on Thursday was 306. It peaked at 535 on Dec. 10, the highest single-day count of any county in the state since the pandemic began. We have several sick people at Miracle Hill, Brown told The Post and Courier on Thursday. We have them quarantined in place. We reduced a lot of our beds so they can quarantine in place. ....
Communities struggle to make best use of COVID homeless aid Funding delays and confusing spending restrictions have hampered communities’ abilities to capitalize on the largest influx of homeless aid in American history. By Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By the time Long-Curtiss got permission to erect temporary shelters purchased with her community’s share of the funding, temperatures were already dipping below freezing. She had just one week to ready the site and make potentially life-and-death decisions. ....