The shelter is designed to house up to 40 people on Missoula’s south side.
Missoula’s Temporary Safe Outdoor Space is located on private property along Highway 93. It’s a response to pandemic-related limited capacity at permanent local shelters.
The project is a partnership between Hope Rescue Mission and United Way of Missoula County. The site has opened. There are approximately 15 people there now, says United Way CEO, Susan Hay Patrick.
It features regular COVID testing, sanitation services, winter-ready tents perched atop insulated platforms, as well as case management services.
During Wednesday’s online update and forum the project earned praise from several Missoulians, including Megan Locke.
Public Q&A today for new Missoula Temporary Safe Outdoor Space
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and last updated 2020-12-16 16:30:59-05
The Missoula City-County Joint Information Center for COVID-19 will hold a public question-and-answer session on the Temporary Safe Outdoor Space on Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. by Zoom.
The forum will feature a brief overview of the project and then will be open for the general public and news reporters to ask questions.
Missoulaâs Temporary Safe Outdoor Space â which is located on private land along US Highway 93 is staffed 24 hours a day and will house 40 unsheltered people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Organizers of the newly opened TSOS (Temporary Safe Outdoor Space) located across Highway 93 South from the Buckhouse Bridge, hosted a ZOOM community meeting on Wednesday.
Representatives from the Missoula County United Way, the Hope Rescue Mission, Missoula City and County officials and others made themselves available to answer questions from the public and from media about the plainly stated temporary project.
Susan Hay-Patrick, Chief Executive Officer at the United Way opened the meeting with a brief description of the TSOS project.
“This project is a partnership between the United Way of Missoula County, which was in charge of the logistics of setup, the Hope Rescue Mission, which is staffing the project, the faith community, other nonprofits, law enforcement, and other first responders, private businesses, County Emergency Management, and reaching home Missoula, the 10 year plan to end homelessness,” said Ha
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