RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — People who interact with the unhoused population in Asheboro and Randolph County are urging leaders to increase funding to shelters after the recent cold snap filled the shelters.
There are resources in the county, but directors of those say they are limited, and the sheriff says his deputies are left trying to help people on cold nights. Sheriff Greg Seabolt has the unconventional idea to allow people into the detention center lobby, where staff work overnight, but says it’s not a permanent solution.
“If we don’t have a shelter that’s open, that has an empty bed, then we have to go into … emergency mode and think of other possibilities for the homeless,” Seabolt said…