St. Patrick Center

On Dec. 1, the City of St. Louis launched winter operations to help support people without housing during the coldest months of the year. Community volunteers and organizers who work to support those who are homeless, however, have serious concerns.

Doorways opened a 50-apartment complex in Jeff-Vander-Lou, and St. Patrick Place is making 24 apartments available for homeless people in the Greater Ville. But advocates say more help is needed.

Community resistance has stalled the $900,000 project to establish St. Louis’ first city-funded intentional encampment.

Washington University instructor Quinn Tyminski and her students have made big inroads with St. Louis’ homeless community. Their weekly occupational therapy clinic seeks to help people move from surviving to thriving.

St. Louis’ first intentional encampment for homeless people provides an alternative for residents of the impromptu Interco Plaza encampment downtown.

A program at St. Patrick Center that houses at-risk homeless women in St. Louis has been in a precarious position in recent years, but an influx of federal funding has allowed it to expand its capacity.

Shelters and nonprofits are relying on personal relationships they have built within the St. Louis-area homeless community to educate people about the COVID-19 vaccine and get them vaccinated.

All 50 of the units in the tiny home village will be full as of this week, but homeless advocates say the federal coronavirus relief money could have been stretched further to help more St. Louisans in need.

Propelled by the freezing weather this month, a group of St. Louis nonprofits worked together to make additional room for around 250 people in the past two weeks.

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