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The city currently funds or subsidizes a number of other shelters including the Poverello Center, the Emergency Winter Shelter and the Temporary Safe Outdoor Space.
While Missoula subsidizes two other shelters for the homeless population, a strong showing of homeless advocates on Monday urged the City Council to keep open a third option open, that being the Authorized Camp Site (ACS), which is set to close next month.
Challenges around staffing, the lack of a long-term funding stream and a dwindling pot of federal aid still weigh heavily over Operation Shelter.
The council voted to open and fund the Emergency Winter Shelter and close the Authorized Camp Site – an outdoor facility located off Reserve Street.
The ‘Reserve Street Public Working Group’ is helping to organize another cleanup effort under the Reserve Street Bridge.