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Martinez added that city staff are assessing the need for additional emergency shelters for individuals not presenting Covid-19 symptoms. He said there are several other locations in the works. Martinez said Christian Assistance Ministries and Harvest, which don’t offer overnight shelter, will be used as locations for “resource hubs,” starting as soon as next week. “In response to potentially unmet basic needs of unsheltered homeless, the City’s Department of Human Services is coordinating the resources of service providers, faith-based groups, businesses, and volunteers to open resource hubs around the community, with the goal of providing food, hygiene kits, hand washing, showers, and referral assistance, as applicable and available based on location” said Roland Martinez, a spokesman from the city’s Department of Human Services. The city said staff has been monitoring the situation closely and are working with Haven for Hope, the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless, other homeless service providers and the San Antonio Police Department. San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries primarily accepts families and was near capacity Thursday night. The Salvation Army shelter, which houses more than 200 people, also is closed. In the meantime, some advocates are concerned about where homeless people can go if they aren’t already registered at Haven.

on Thursday to allow additional new people experiencing homelessness to enter Haven for Hope before the closure. The intake department remained open until 3 p.m. People who have already gone through intake and are accepted into Haven’s programs have a pass that gives them access to the campus and the Courtyard. The two main parts of Haven for Hope are the Transformational Campus Program which houses people and provides intensive services and the Courtyard.

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On : Get the latest update on coronavirus and a tracking map of U.S. About 1,700 people are served daily at the campus. Haven for Hope is the largest homeless service provider in San Antonio. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance and San Antonio’s stay-at-home order. The closure, according to a news release on the organization’s website, is consistent with U.S.

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