Homelessness
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New facility is first in Wisconsin to serve homeless people with terminal illnesses
Solace Home is open to homeless adults with terminal illnesses. Its goal: allow people to die with dignity, even if they can’t afford a place to live.
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Milwaukee’s warming shelters see near-capacity numbers amid frigid temperatures
Officials and homeless outreach coordinators are urging people to stay inside and find shelter after three people died in Milwaukee County in recent days because of cold temperatures.
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La Crosse County, city hope new partnership will better coordinate efforts to reduce homelessness
After years of piecemeal projects, the new joint plan will increase staff support and use data to find long-term solutions to high rates of homelessness in La Crosse.
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State grant provides safe, stable housing for homeless people with opioid use disorders
Seven agencies across the state were awarded more than $750,000 in grant funding through the Recovery Voucher Program.
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GOP bill would withhold funds to fight homelessness, criminalize living on public property
A Republican bill in the state Legislature would withhold portions of state grants to alleviate homelessness until certain benchmarks are met, and make it illegal to temporarily live on public property outside of a recreational campground or police-supervised shelter.
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Wisconsin should ‘double down’ on affordable housing efforts, governor says
With a fresh layer of snow on the ground and temperatures below freezing, Gov. Tony Evers issued a warning Tuesday while appearing on WPR’s “The Morning Show.” “Winter seems to be starting early this year,” Evers said. “We need help with the shelters.” Service providers and community leaders across the state have raised concerns in…
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Green Bay women’s shelter to reopen next week
An overnight shelter for homeless women in Green Bay is reopening next Monday. St. John’s Ministries shuttered its women’s-only facility at the start of this month because of short-staffing. As a result, women and men have been sleeping in separate areas of the same building — a facility at 411 St. John Street that formerly…
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Package of bills could help formerly incarcerated return to life outside prison, corrections official says
Wisconsin discharges thousands of incarcerated people each year. A package of bills in the state Legislature aims to expand the amount of assistance those people receive while making the transition out of prison. At the state Department of Corrections, Ray Woodruff oversees existing efforts to provide reentry assistance. The agency promoted him to the role…
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As cold months approach, short-staffing forces Green Bay shelter to consolidate
Short-staffing is forcing a homeless shelter in Green Bay to consolidate its operations. The announcement from St. John’s Ministries comes as the facility prepares to open later this week before the coldest months of the year. Last year, the ministry opened a women’s-only overnight facility. But for now, the organization is going back to sheltering…
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Wisconsin’s Driftless region is the setting for Rebecca Gilman’s off-Broadway play, ‘Swing State’
In a lower Manhattan off-Broadway theater, tucked away from the traffic and bright lights, an old farm house nestled on 40 acres of remnant prairie introduces theatergoers to a Wisconsin woman making zucchini bread, and Rebecca Gilman’s play “Swing State” begins. The play, set “somewhere in the Driftless area of Wisconsin” in the late summer…