Federal budget cuts may force Blackfeet homeless shelter to scale back critical services

Blackfeet shelter 'on edge' as cuts loom

BROWNING — Box fans whirred as dozens of people crowded into the Medicine Bear Lodge homeless shelter on a 100-degree day last July.

Federal budget cuts may force Blackfeet homeless shelter to scale back critical services

Funding challenges have crippled the Medicine Bear Lodge homeless shelter on the Blackfeet Reservation. Looming federal cuts could threaten its existence.

As Cuts to Critical Programs Loom, Latest Count Shows Sharp Increase in Homelessness

By Erica C. Barnett The King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s latest “Point In Time Count”—a statistical analysis based on interviews… The post As Cuts to Critical Programs Loom, Latest Count Shows Sharp Increase in Homelessness appeared first on PubliCola.