Turlock’s We Care shelter back open but future remains uncertain

After weeks in limbo, Turlock’s We Care homeless shelter is back open. The facility’s future was uncertain until last-minute donations bought them more time.

We Care reopened its doors on Friday after a month-long shutdown due to ongoing funding issues.  The city’s only men’s emergency shelter typically shuts down for two weeks in the summer, but this time, they nearly didn’t reopen at all.

Sot: michelle h / shelter coordinator0:22  “We’re having problems with funding from the city, but our wonderful community came up with lots of donations for us, and so we’re going to stretch those as far as we can,” said shelter coordinator Michelle…

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