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The Coalition's direct services include our Emergency Shelter, Homeless Prevention services, and Hunger Prevention services. She says she expects even more people to show up and ask for a place to stay. “We’ve seen an increase in unsheltered homelessness in general. I think we are anticipating kind of a higher-end showing tonight compared to what we normally see,” said Fining. Brittany Fining is the director of programs for The Homeless Coalition.
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The Homeless Coalition not only provides emergency services such as shelter and food to hundreds of people a year, but it also works with families to secure more financially stable futures. The Homeless Coalition sees a future community free of hunger and homelessness for families, veterans, seniors, etc. We not only provide emergency shelter and food, but also assistance with utilities, rent & mortgage, transportation, employment, navigating government programs and securing the necessary IDs for employment. Homeless Coalition aims to keep families & children housed before they become homeless.
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But we also work hard to alleviate homelessness before those families, veterans, and seniors show up at our door. You tend to get a little stressed out because you can’t get good sleep. And this cold weather really has been a bear,” she said. The people utilizing the shelter will receive food, water and, most importantly, a warm place to spend this frigid night.
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The organization says 2023 marked the worst year for shortages in about a decade. It is the mission of The Homeless Coalition to alleviate and prevent hunger and homelessness. At the Homeless Coalition, we open our doors to homeless families, veterans, seniors, etc.
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“Our shelter residents will stay where they are in our shelter, and we’ll open up our dining room for additional shelter capacity,” Fining said. Due to the frigid overnight conditions, she and others in Charlotte County are utilizing the cold-weather shelter at The Homeless Coalition. You’re not waking up every minutes trying to pull over a blanket over a drafty area,” said Constentine. With the temperatures forecast to reach near freezing on Sunday night, the Homeless Coalition is opening a cold-weather shelter for those who need it in Port Charlotte. There are currently more than 250 medications on the nation’s drug shortage list, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
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A Charlotte County priest is arrested after being accused of sexual abuse against school-aged boys from his time in Iowa in the 1980s. Vaping is taking over, and that’s why three Charlotte County High schools are testing out vape sensors. Saturday night into Sunday morning, the National Weather Service forecasts a low of 39 degrees for Charlotte County, with wind chills in the low 30s. Wildlife officials released a bobcat back into the wild after recovering from a broken leg at Naples Zoo for eight weeks. The report says a 13-year-old student ran up and smacked a teacher in the head because multiple classmates offered him money to do so.
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Cold front to bring freezing temperatures to parts of Southwest Florida Saturday night. Area organizations offer shelter. - WGCU
Cold front to bring freezing temperatures to parts of Southwest Florida Saturday night. Area organizations offer shelter..
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And those utilizing the shelter on Sunday night said they were grateful not to have to worry about being out in the cold. The Charlotte County Homeless Coalition in Port Charlotte will provide shelter to people needing refuge from the cold. You probably thought you broke up with it after high school, but acne is rearing it’s ugly blackheads in adult women.
Through capacity building, partnership, and technology, the GCP brings service programs together, while focusing limited community resources on the most vulnerable populations living in the community. The Charlotte County Homeless Coalition, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in June 1989. What started as a "feeding ministry" is now a food distribution site for over 600 households a month and hot meals 365 days of the year.
As a safety precaution, the shelter did test everyone coming in for COVID-19. Fining says the Coalition’s plan for testing positive is to contact the Department of Health and find that person other resources. The Homeless Coalition worked with these agencies throughout the day on Sunday to ensure a warm place to sleep for as many people as possible.
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