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For the past year and beyond, adding emergency shelter capacity has been an unavoidable topic in Lawrence. Some key moves have advanced that goal: the Lawrence

Story updated at 8:19 p.m. Thursday, April 25: The Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors on Thursday approved a collective bargaining agreemen

The final day that camping will be allowed in Lawrence’s downtown area and along the Kansas River levee trail is approaching, but questions remain about how t

About half of the 50 Pallet shelters at the Lawrence Community Shelters village for people experiencing homelessness now have residents, and the shelters lead

Next week, the first group of residents who could end up living in Lawrence’s community of Pallet shelters for individuals experiencing homelessness will visi

Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced Monday that it will soon launch a partnership with the Lawrence Community Shelter to provide on-site basic healt

When The Village welcomes its first residents, leaders with the City of Lawrence and the Lawrence Community Shelter want to make it clear that it’s not the ul

When The Village welcomes its first residents, leaders with the City of Lawrence and the Lawrence Community Shelter want to make it clear that it’s not the ul

In his first few weeks on the job, James Chiselom — the new executive director at the Lawrence Community Shelter — has hit the ground running. It’s been

The city of Lawrence says in 2023, it counted 351 people who were homeless in the city. During the pandemic, it saw a huge increase of people experiencing homelessness.