KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo City Manager Malcolm Hankins will ask city commissioners tonight to spend funds from the Foundation for Excellence to provide emergency shelter for the homeless this winter.
Hankins says The Continuum of Care and the United Way has come up with a proposal, including contracts with Ministry with Community and The Kalamazoo Gospel Mission to provide 185 additional overnight shelter beds during the cold weather season.
The city of Portage, Kalamazoo County’s housing millage, and The Continuum of Care are also providing additional funding for the shelter effort which will begin next month and run through March…