Tag: Family Hope Center
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The Salvation Army to reopen more family beds at its emergency shelter
After announcing in early November that The Salvation Army’s El Paso County branch had raised enough money to reopen five of the 16 homeless shelter units for families that the organization had temporarily closed by Oct. 1 due to financial problems, it’s taken nearly three months to get enough people hired to do so, officials…
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Salvation Army to reopen 5 more units at its homeless shelter for families
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Colorado Springs Rotary Club’s initial $5,000 donation to the Family Hope Center has grown to $50,000 with matching donations. And the club will host a celebration Friday at The Antlers hotel, preceded by a noon luncheon. Since mid-September, about 15 families a day have…
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El Paso County’s ‘Mission Impossible’ collective for families in deep trouble
The quiet work of a behind-the-scenes group of key government and nonprofit agencies in Colorado Springs can seem like “Mission Impossible.” The Family Solutions Collaborative, which includes representatives from 56 local organizations, brings forth in monthly meetings the most difficult cases of families who have fallen into homelessness or are drowning in a sea of…