Where Do You Go When You’re Homeless On A Holiday?
posted: November 20, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: holidays, needs, Ten Year Plan, you can help
From an IM conversation today with a homeless friend:
“any word on a day center? such a place would be great at times like this when holidays close all the public buildings”
The City libraries are closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the Thanksgiving holiday. The downtown library is a de facto day center for our homeless friends. UNCG’s Jackson Library, another refuge for the homeless, is closed Thursday and Friday, and open limited hours on Saturday and Sunday.
The weather forecast for Thursday through Sunday:
The Guilford County Task Force to End Homelessness addresses the need for a day center in the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, completed and presented to the public in June 2006.
Strategy #2 under: Identified need: Coordinated Portal of Entry System
Action Step: Establish day centers in High Point and Greensboro where homeless individuals can go during daytime hours for shelter and assistance and which provide linkages to the central Resource System.
Benchmarks: Day centers will be established in High Point and Greensboro by first quarter 2009.
But our Task Force will have to get busy if we’re going to meet all our benchmarks.
Related: On Friday night, NightWatch is serving Thanksgiving dinner, provided by the Community Foundation’s Thanksgiving Fund, in lieu of our normal roving street outreach. Want to help? Email me.
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