The goal is to help unsheltered people work on any issues that may have led them into homelessness and help them find permanent housing.
I'm katie lange.
And i'm george mallet.
We begin tonight with continuing coverage of efforts to help the homeless.
Olmsted county is opening two new transitional housing facilities for the homeless.
It will provide homes for 27 people who were unsheltered or staying at the rochester community warming center at the mayo civic center.
Kimt news 3's annalise johnson is giving us a look inside one of the new facilities.
She joins us live now ?
"* annalise?
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*- an assisted living facility.
Tomorrow ?
"* 15 people will be moving into this three story building ?
"* and the overnight program at the civic center is ending.
Olmsted county has spent the last month preparing the facility.
In addition to the 15 residential rooms ?
"* there's also three more rooms that will be used to quarantine people who have tested positive for covid?
"*1*- or are awaiting testing results ?
"* and have no where o safely isolate themselves.
All bedrooms have their own bathrooms ?
"* and people who ae quarantining will be brought their meals.
The mayo civic center was the county's emergency response to the pandemic and homelessness ?
"* and this new facility is the next phase for a more long term response.
Xxx now really the most important thing for people who are homeless is to find home.
As these units we're talking about today are all vacant in the community, we found an opportunity to really take something that was underutilized and make it a community asset the county has a 10 year lease on the building.
The goal for the 15 people moving in tomorrow ?
"* s to help them work on any issues that may have led them into to homelessness ?
"* and help them find permanent housing.
Another building with 12 units is opening ?
"* and the warming center on 4th street is reopening for overflow capacity.
Live in rochester annalise johnson kimt news 3./// thank you annalise.
Catholic charities ?
"* which has been managing the overnight program at the civic center ?
"* will be staffing the transitional housing facilities.
The day program at the civic center will continue for the time
With outbreaks popping up all over our state, health officials are working to make sure that doesn't happen here.