(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The City of Pueblo and the Pueblo Rescue Mission have come to an agreement that will sign the Rescue Mission’s buildings over to the city so that it can take the homeless shelter in a “new direction.”
The new agreement between the Rescue Mission and the City follows an investigation in September that revealed an employee was allegedly stealing funds from people staying at the shelter, among other issues.
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“For the last month, the residents have all been afraid they’re going to get kicked out of their bed. Some of these people are not very healthy, some of them are fairly aged and they have been worrying day after day, ‘do I have to go back out on the street?’” said Rob Miller, President of Safe Side Recovery.
The Pueblo Rescue Mission’s board of directors signed over their West 4th Street main campus building as part of a new agreement with the city following a variety of problems.
“They had lost their food allocation from Care and Share Food Bank because they did not pass an inspection from the state. So, they are now without food being provided to them,” said Pueblo Mayor Heather Graham.