HOMELESS SHELTER: Safe Harbor Reports over-Capacity

Need a homeless shelter bed? There’s now an app for that.

For the past few years, whenever Alex Maitre found somebody on the street who wanted a shelter bed, he had to make a phone call. Or five. Maitre would leave voicemails and send emails. He might not hear back for hours. Then in May, he was given access to a new app. “This is a quantum leap,” Maitre, a case manager with the homelessness services organization Brother Benno’s, said in an interview. “I have now saved a couple hours of heartache.” The…

HOMELESS SHELTER: Safe Harbor reports over-capacity

TRAVERSE CITY – If there had been any doubt about the need for a year-round homeless shelter in Traverse City, Safe Harbor has proven its purpose.

HOMELESS SHELTER Safe Harbor reports over-capacity

TRAVERSE CITY – If there had been any doubt about the need for a year-round homeless shelter in Traverse City, Safe Harbor has proven its purpose.