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City, county groups seek help in addressing homelessness
SIANDHARA BONNET, Rapid City Journal
July 4, 2021
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) Augostine Rosales said he’d likely be dead if it wasn’t for the Cornerstone Rescue Mission.
Rosales never thought he or his siblings would amount to much of anything growing up poor with an alcoholic mother in Rapid City and later in Colorado.
He spent 15 years in prison and got out in 2013. In 2019, he became homeless trying to keep up with child support and paying $1,000 a month in rent.
Rosales said he worked at Que Pasa for four years as the cook when things went south. He quit in January. In December 2019, he applied for a job as the cook at Cornerstone.
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January 13, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. Created as a way to bridge the gap between the Common Council and the city’s next generation, Rapid City’s Youth City Council has reached the one-year mark.
In it’s first year, Mayor Steve Allender and Common Council members agree that the Youth Council surpassed their expectations.
“There are young, bright, engaged individuals that have become a part of this Youth City Council,” said Allender. “And I think the common thought was in the beginning that this Youth Council could do some learning, they could learn from the City Council, and they could have some interactions with the City Council…and I think what’s happening, and what’s likely to happen, is that the City Council’s probably gonna be able to learn from the Youth Council.”