AGENCY NEEDED TO RUN HOMELESS SHELTER.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer GLENDALE - City officials are hunting for a new agency to run the Project Achieve homeless shelter Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people. Usually located in urban neighborhoods, they are similar to emergency shelters. The primary difference is that homeless shelters are usually open to anyone, without regard to the reason for need. after the existing operator said it will pull out to focus on developing affordable housing. Under an agreement with Glendale, the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. Institute for Urban Research and Development runs an access center, a 40-bed shelter and transitional and permanent housing programs. The city is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a new operator to run those programs in the coming years under its $1.8 million grant. ``We want the same thing; we just want a new administrator over the grant dollars,'' said Leanda Griffin, Glendale's community development supervisor in charge of homeless programs. The Los Angeles-based Institute for Urban Research and Development's staffers have been splitting their time between helping the homeless and developing affordable housing, said Joe Coletti, executive director. ``We feel that there's an affordable housing crisis and we want to be able to put 100 percent of our effort into helping communities resolve the crisis,'' Coletti said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a city report, the Project Achieve operator decided to transition the shelter to another operator because of ``considerable financial constraints ... and the intensive administrative burden'' of managing public grants for the homeless. IURD IURD Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (Portugal) IURD Institute of Urban and Regional Development had to raise about $250,000 a year to qualify for public grant money. The Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. could answer the city's call to run Project Achieve. ``The program has been a very successful program ... and we would hope that whoever operates it would be as equally diligent dil·i·gent adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d in doing that program,'' said James Sloan James Sloan is a name used by a number of people:
The city hopes to have a new operator for Project Achieve and its associated homeless programs by Dec. 31, but Coletti said the institute will ensure a smooth transition even if it means staying into next year. On any given night, the city has more than 360 homeless people, which includes those who have been set up with temporary housing, Griffin said. The institute serves 1,400 homeless individuals a year in Glendale and has 20 employees at the Project Achieve shelter at 437 Fernando Court. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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