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GREEN BAY — Two homeless shelters in Brown
County are each getting more than $160,000 in federal stimulus funds.
The money is intended to combat homelessness
that resulted from the economic crisis.
The Salvation Army of Brown County will
receive $165,000, and Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin will get
$161,000.
The Green Bay office of Legal Action of
Wisconsin will also receive about $20,000.
The Salvation Army is expected to use its
funds to help people in imminent danger of losing their homes.
Family Services works to find housing for
newly evicted people. Legal Action provides legal assistance to people who
are being evicted.
The agencies have three years to spend the
money. But Salvation Army director Caryn Forrest predicts the funds could be
gone in two years.
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