{"id":48129,"date":"2022-11-11T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=48129"},"modified":"2022-11-10T20:13:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T01:13:29","slug":"plans-for-two-emergency-homeless-shelters-coming-together-in-jamestown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/plans-for-two-emergency-homeless-shelters-coming-together-in-jamestown\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans For Two Emergency Homeless Shelters Coming Together in Jamestown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_36557\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sundquist-feature.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36557\" data-attachment-id=\"36557\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-community-matters-jamestown-mayor-eddie-sundquist-dec-3-2020\/sundquist-feature-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sundquist-feature.jpg?fit=400%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,272\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1594243733&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sundquist-feature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Eddie Sundquist&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sundquist-feature.jpg?fit=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sundquist-feature.jpg?fit=400%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-36557\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sundquist-feature.jpg?resize=375%2C255&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sundquist-feature.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sundquist-feature.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddie Sundquist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Plans for two emergency <strong>homeless shelters<\/strong> that will have a total of 30 beds are coming together in the <strong>City of Jamestown<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor <strong>Eddie Sundquist<\/strong> said a third round of meetings on homelessness in the city took place Thursday between community groups, faith based groups, resource providers and medical providers.<\/p>\n<p>He said as winter weather is on the horizon, the group wanted to make sure there was emergency shelters in place for &#8220;<strong>Code Blue<\/strong>&#8221; nights when the temperature drops below 32 degrees, &#8220;What&#8217;s unique about these shelters is that they&#8217;re different from anything else we have. One shelter will primarily focus on families that may need emergency sheltering and support during cold nights. And another one will focus on co-ed singles, something that we do not have here in the city. We&#8217;ve experienced in a lot of encampments those issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sundquist said the city still needs state and county approval, but the proposed shelter locations will be at <strong>Joy Fellowship Church<\/strong> on 7th Street and the <strong>Mental Health Association<\/strong> at the <strong>Gateway Center<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans for two emergency homeless shelters that will have a total of 30 beds are coming together in the City of Jamestown. Mayor Eddie Sundquist said a third round of meetings on homelessness in the city took place Thursday between community groups, faith based groups, resource providers and medical providers. He said as winter weather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":36557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[10866,12342,7652,931,1033,11090,12464,6970],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sundquist-feature.jpg?fit=400%2C272&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cwh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47592,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/city-receives-194000-hud-grant-to-deal-with-homelessness\/","url_meta":{"origin":48129,"position":0},"title":"City Receives $194,000 HUD Grant to Deal with Homelessness","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"October 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The City of Jamestown has received a $194,000 HUD grant to help deal with homelessness issues. 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