After a nonprofit provider
of homeless services
abruptly closed
due to bankruptcy
an organization called the
Balance of State
Continuum of Care
which covers 69 counties
in Wisconsin
is rushing in to respond.
So how many people served by the
bankrupt provider of services
are at risk of homelessness
in those 10 counties?
There was 134 households
that were served in the
direct homeless housing programs
that we were able to
maintain housing for.
But there's a significant amount
of homeless folks
still in that community
that are in need of housing.
That lack of services
and that close
the closing of that agency
really creates a gap
in institutional knowledge.
It creates a gap
in process and systems
and all the things that
were established there.
Looking for resources
and reestablishing that is
going to take
a considerable amount of effort.