The proposed shelter is part of a negotiated plan between Mayor Dave Bronson and the Assembly to drastically expand homelessness services in the city while ending COVID-19-era emergency mass care.
Now, the city is fast-tracking multiple projects laid out in that agreement. To end mass care at Sullivan Arena and local hotels by June 30, it must transition people there into other shelters and housing.
“There are key pieces of infrastructure which I think are missing. And I think this navigation center is one of those pieces that, if done right, could add huge value to our community,” Rivera said. The Anchorage Health Department and the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness will collaborate to draft “navigation center operating best practices,” according to the update on the plans from the negotiation group.
• $4.9 million in general funds that the Assembly had previously approved for purchasing properties for homelessness services under a proposal from former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s administration. Those funds originally came to the city as federal CARES Act funds.
The mayor’s initial proposal for a much larger shelter elicited some public outcry from residents concerned with impacts to neighborhoods, concerned that a large shelter would be difficult to manage and be a stressful, suboptimal place for homeless individuals to seek help.
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