The downtown shelter network of Sacred Heart Church, the Rescue Mission of El Paso, and the Opportunity Center for the Homeless held a press conference Friday to give an update on their operation but also asked the city of El Paso to act with urgency as the situation continues to become dire.
"We are now at numbers that none of us have ever seen before," Blake Barrow, the CEO of the Rescue Mission of El Paso, said.
...Martin said the three shelters have helped more than 15,000 people this year and when you count up all the people and how long they've stayed in El Paso, Martin said that amounts to more than 90,000 nights of lodging.
"All of the shelters need porta-cans outside their facilities, we need mobile sinks, we need mobile showers, we need towels, we need soap, we need food," Barrow said.
The shelters especially need more bed space for single adults.
The directors said single adults are often left on the streets due to women and children being sheltered first...more
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