Interfaith Works Response In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Interfaith Works is taking many steps to keep our shelter guests, staff, and entire community safe. Please read more about all the ways we are responding and how you can help. Facts
We are gearing up to open overflow shelter space in the next week or so, and we want to make sure our community has information about what that will look like.
Partnering
We are partnering with the City of Olympia to open the existing building at 2828 Martin Way to help our community accommodate our shelter guests who would otherwise be displaced due to social distancing requirements, as well as prioritizing other people who are at higher risk of negative outcomes from the contraction of COVID-19. We believe the building can hold up to 30 people and will aim to have that full over the course of the next two weeks.
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Safety
Safety and behavior expectations for all of our homeless services programs will be required at this location as well.
Temporary Need This is a temporary need that will last as long as social distancing and shelter-in-place requirements remain in place. We are monitoring the changing landscape every day, and when social distancing requirements begin to soften, we will transition back to normal operations at our downtown location. Future Plans This interim use of the existing building does not change the plans of developing a new 60-bed shelter and 65 apartments of supported housing. Construction for this new facility is set to begin in the fall and be completed in late 2021. Questions? Olympia Converts Martin Way Building Into Emergency Homeless Shelter Leave a Reply. |
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