United Way of the Plains has announced a $1 million matching grant to help operations continue at Second Light, the city’s homeless shelter.
Funding from American Rescue Plan Act dollars is set to expire in the fall for the shelter. An effort to set up an endowment fund for the shelter through a city sales tax failed when voters rejected the proposal earlier this year.
The United Way of the Plains said it will give $1 million over three years to the shelter, along with $1 million in matching funds raised by the community…