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Come in from the cold: Men?s homeless shelter opens

By "eAdvocate"

Shelters prohibit registered sex offenders access even in sub-zero temperatures. Lawmakers nationally fail to resolve this issue.. We urge folks to contact your local lawmakers and shelters, and ask them to resolve this issue before another freezes to death. 12-8-2009 Iowa:OTTUMWA ? One Christian ministry volunteer said it broke her heart to serve a meal but then have to turn freezing men out into the cold with little more than a blanket and an ?I?m sorry.? That scene could change starting Monday.The Upper Room Men?s Homeless Shelter is scheduled to open then, with up to 20 beds available for men who have nowhere else to stay. The shelter is downtown on East Main Street, above the Ottumwa Community Outreach Ministry.?It?s been four years in the [making],? said Yvonne Baldwin, the new director...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 09, 2009 (boomark / email).