New homeless shelter and resource center in the Glades community

New homeless shelter and resource center in the Glades community

Palm Beach County now has a shelter and resource center for people experiencing homelessness in the Glades Community.

EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

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IN THE GLADESCOMMUNITY..

NOW BEINGADDRESSED.

WPTV NEWS CHANNELFIVE'S SABIRAH RAYFORD SPOKETO LOCAL LEADERS WHO SAY ITLONG OVERDUE.< TAMMY JACKSON MOORE IS KNOWNAS THE GUARDIAN OF THE GLADES.“WHATEVER IT IS THAT THERESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITYHAVE ANGST ABOUT OR NEEDSABOUT, WE WILL MAKE SURE THATWE GO ADVOCATE ON THEIRBEHALF” DURING THE COVID-19PANDEMIC THOSE NEEDS GREW.HOUSING IS AT THE TOP OF THELIST.“HOUSING IN BELLE GLADEAS WELL AS THE GLADES PROPERHAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE.SOMETIMES THOSE INDIVIDUALSTHAT WERE FACED WITHHOMELESSNESS WENT AND LIVEDWITH RELATIVES, BUT THOSE WHOCOULDNLIVING OUT OF THEIR VEHICLESAND SOME OF THEM JUST RESORTEDTO LIVING IN SOME ABANDONEDBUILDINGS” FOR YEARS THECLOSEST SHELTER AND RESOURCECENTER WAS MORE 40 MILES AWAY.ONE WEEK AGO THAT CHANGED.“WEDO HAVE A 43 UNIT COMPLEX NOWIN PAHOKEE” IN JUNE PALMBEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONERSAPPROVED 5 MILLION IN CARESACT MONEY TO TURN THE FORMERSENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX NEARLAKE OKEECHOBEE INTO ACOVID-19 AND HOMELESS SHELTER.“HISTORICALLY IT SEEMS THEGLADES WAS ALWAYS TREATED AS ASTEP CHILD” COMMISSIONERMELISSA MCKINLAY SAYS THECOUNTY ALSO USED THE COUNTY1-CENT SALES TAX REVENUE TOOPEN A HOMELESS RESOURCECENTER.

BOTH ARE RESTRICTED TOGLADES RESIDENTS ONLY,MCKINLAY CALLS IT A WIN.“LIFTTHEM UP AND GIVE THEM THATOPPORTUNITY THEY NEED TO TAKECARE OF THEIR KIDS AND SUCCEEDIN LIFE” REPORTING IN PALMBEACH COUNTY, SABIRAH RAYFORD,WPTV NEWS CHANNEL5.