Sacramento Homeless Shelter Program Fully Funded
By
Bob Moffitt
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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One holiday tradition will not take place this year. Thanks to the receipt of several large donations, there will be no last-second pleas to fund Sacramento’s winter sanctuary program for the homeless.
Sacramento's winter sanctuary program says it's raised the money to give 100 homeless people a place to sleep each night.
Wells Fargo Bank donated $50,000 to the Sacramento Steps Forward non-profit that runs the shelter program. The donation puts the organization over its $150,000 goal for the winter.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson says the non-profit provides shelter more efficiently than the City and County were able to at Cal Expo, "Nearly 100 people on any given night from November through March will receive a warm place to sleep and a meal to eat at over 25 local churches, synagogues and mosques on a rotating basis. "
The shelter program is for single adults. The City and
County of Sacramento also provide $250,000 for motel vouchers and
beds for families and vulnerable adults. The non-profit
reports a 51-percent decrease in chronic homelessness since 2007,
but says about half of the 3,000 homeless in the county do not have
shelter on any given night.