Support from donors and community partners is helping The Salvation Army restore capacity at the R.J. Montgomery Family Hope Center.
Last summer, budget cuts forced The Salvation Army in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to reduce capacity at the R.J. Montgomery Family Hope Center from 31 family units to 15.
“We had to cut just over $1 million from our budget, and that happened in July,” said Salvation Army El Paso County Coordinator Major Stephen Ball. “It meant layoffs. It meant trimming our shelter rooms down. It ended a 2026 youth summer day camp program. It was hard, and we’re still in the middle of that in a lot of ways, but we started a special campaign and the Lord has brought in a good amount of money.”…