NBC 29: The colder months can be deadly for those living on the streets. PACEM says it is doing what it can to make sure its network of shelters are ready for those in need as winter approaches. “Our congregate shelter season opens next month, so we are busy preparing for that,” Executive Director Jayson … Continue reading “PACEM preparing shelters for the winter”
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PACEM at Premier Circle
June 15, 2021: One year ago, PACEM began supervising and staffing the stay of individuals experiencing homelessness at a nearby hotel (La Quinta Inn and Suites). We continued to offer those services until May 1 of this year when we shifted to a brand new project called Premier Circle (the former Red Carpet Inn). Over … Continue reading “PACEM at Premier Circle”
Area nonprofits resort to buying a hotel to address local housing and homelessness crisis
Charlottesville Tomorrow: Every year, a roaming homeless shelter opens for the winter months in the Charlottesville area More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s no need to restate the havoc it has wrought so far on billions of lives all over the world. We’ve been living it daily: the isolation, the fear, the … Continue reading “Area nonprofits resort to buying a hotel to address local housing and homelessness crisis”
With less shelter space and more hotel rooms, PACEM adapts to COVID while planning winter homeless shelter
Charlottesville Tomorrow, Dec 9 2020: Every year, a roaming homeless shelter opens for the winter months in the Charlottesville area. The local group PACEM sets up temporary lodgings for a week or two at a time in various churches around the city and Albemarle County. In normal years, the shelter hosts dozens of people every … Continue reading “With less shelter space and more hotel rooms, PACEM adapts to COVID while planning winter homeless shelter”
Solutions sought for homelessness challenges posed by pandemic
Charlottesville Tomorrow, June 26 2020: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Charlottesville Tomorrow) – For Jim Bourn, a man from Brighton, Michigan, experiencing homelessness, Charlottesville is something of a mystery. “I’m lost here,” he said. Every night from March 23 to June 3, though, Bourn had a familiar place to rest his head. He and about 20 others slept … Continue reading “Solutions sought for homelessness challenges posed by pandemic”