Good Neighbor Alliance (GNA), a shelter in Sierra Vista, Arizona, faced financial struggles to sustain its overnight program for unhoused individuals. After years of difficulty, the shelter received a $300,000 grant from the city of Sierra Vista over the next three years and merged with Catholic Community Services. This merger ensures the shelter's ongoing operations and allows GNA to continue its vital services.
'I can’t sleep at night knowing that we've shut that down and now people don't have a place to sleep at night,” Good Neighbor Alliance Board President, Mignonne Hollis said. For years, Good Neighbor Alliance , struggled financially to fund it's overnight program. The program allows unhoused men, women and families to stay at the shelter during the night. Hollis says it costs $300,000 a year to run, with the majority of the costs being payroll and utilities.
”Their current solution involves asking the city of Sierra Vista for money, and merging with Catholic Community Services. 'It allows us the sustainability GNA can continue, as it does, providing the services that it does, employing the staff here that it does, but we don't have to have that every month,” Hollis said.On Thursday, the city of Sierra Vista City Council approved giving the shelter $300,000, to be distributed over the next three fiscal years.
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