The Dane County Executive's office proposed an initiative Wednesday to provide winter shelter for homeless people and victims of domestic violence.
The initiative includes opening a homeless day shelter at an existing building on Wright Street in partnership with the low-cost housing provider Porchlight, Inc., according to a Sept. 19 press release.
Additionally, Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, a nonprofit organization in Dane County, would receive $15,000 from the county to provide emergency shelter as well as hotel room vouchers meet demands from victims of domestic violence fleeing their abusers.
The press release said the initiative will "keep individuals who are homeless warm this winter and address the mounting need for emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence."
If approved by the County Board's Personnel and Finance Committee at its meeting Thursday, funding from the $50,000 initiative will be available for the day shelter and the DAIS emergency shelter and vouchers beginning Nov. 1.
