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Severe Weather shelters activated through weekend
Special measures are being taken at shelters to prevent spread of COVID-19
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Kitsap Rescue Mission overnight shelter moves to Salvation Army as temporary permit expires
City announced last week they would not renew temporary occupancy permit due to fire safety concerns
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City of Bremerton will not renew shelter permit at Kitsap Rescue Mission
Bremerton Mayor Greg Wheeler cites fire safety concerns and inadequate funding strategy
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Kitsap Rescue Mission’s religion-based hiring process puts a snag in grant funding
The overnight shelter is asking for an exemption based on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
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Kitsap Rescue Mission overnight shelter to close Oct. 13
Shelter’s temporary permit set to expire amid fire safety concerns; staff seeking new location
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Kitsap Point-In-Time homelessness count starts Jan. 22
Volunteers are still needed to assist countywide effort
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Tiny homes for the homeless: Group to reveal plans
A series of meetings in four cities planned this month and in September.
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Garrido to present plan on homelessness to Port Orchard City Council
PORT ORCHARD — A countywide plan to combat homelessness, Homes For All, will be presented by Kitsap County…
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Supplies for homeless are depleted; First Lutheran asking for donations
First Lutheran Community Church is looking for donations of personal hygiene products and food kits that members are…
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Homeless students: 40,000 attending public schools in state
OLYMPIA — Nearly every student experiences struggles at school, but almost 40,000 students in Washington face even stiffer…
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Volunteers needed for 2017 Point-In-Time homelessness count
Kitsap County and the Kitsap Continuum of Care Coalition once again are teaming up to gather information about…
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‘Point In Time’ county survey in January seeks volunteers
KITSAP COUNTY — Kitsap County’s Housing and Homelessness Program is seeking volunteers to assist with the annual Point…
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Port Orchard, Helpline partnering to collect food for the holidays
PORT ORCHARD — The City of Port Orchard and its Homelessness Committee have agreed to form a partnership…
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For some, Kitsap’s rental turmoil can bring on homelessness
Finding housing — and then being able to pay for it — has become a worrisome struggle for…
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Searching for a place to live
For Tiffany Butler of Port Orchard, 2016 has been “annus horribilis.”
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For some, Kitsap’s rental turmoil can bring on homelessness
Finding housing — and then being able to pay for it — has become a worrisome struggle for…