Cold weather shelters across the Kansas City area long for the capacity to meet the metro’s growing need for homeless assistance services.
Hope Faith’s Homeless Assistance Campus and Project 1020 both opened shelters on Sunday, Dec. 1, the typical start for annual winter services.
Hope Faith’s shelter is open from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. seven days a week until late February and partners with several organizations, including Hope City (for women’s services), Heartland Center for Behavioral Change (for substance abuse help), Unity Southeast, Turning Point (temperature-based) and True Light Family Resource Center (also shelters women).
Brian Luton/KSHB 41“This year, we also have some navigators, so meaning everyone that wants to move on and find housing solutions, there’s going to be someone there to really meet those needs, especially with seniors that might come through,” Doug Langner, executive director of Hope Faith, said as he showed additional space the organization plans to use for guests this year.