City pressure, fire dangers push homeless resources over capacity

Anchorage’s homeless shelters and social services are drastically and unexpectedly overwhelmed as a consequence a shifting policy pushing people out of homeless camps.
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The Brother Francis Shelter in downtown Anchorage. (Photo courtesy of Catholic Social Services.)Summer is usually a relatively quiet time for direct service providers working with the city’s homeless population. Typically people are living in camps or doing seasonal work, according to Lisa Aquino, the e