Visalia Navigation Center preparing to open its doors to help unhoused community

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Visalia Navigation Center connected Court Street and Glendale Avenue is gearing up to unfastened adjacent month.

The low-barrier structure has been a squad effort by C-SET, TC-HOPE and assemblage sponsors.

It volition supply 100 beds to radical experiencing homelessness, including those who person traditionally been turned distant by different shelters, including families, elder citizens, couples and radical with dogs.

"We cognize determination is simply a large request successful the community, and we are excited to conscionable with the folks who request it," says Jeff Forbes with CSET, Community Services and Employment Training.

The structure is simply a first-of-its-kind successful Visalia.

It volition besides supply 3 regular meals, occupation training, and on-site beingness accomplishment building.

"Absolutely hopeful that this volition spell a agelong mode successful helping those connected the streets, providing safety, giving them services and support," mentions Brian Malison, Vice President of TC HOPE.

According to the 2024 point-in-time report, determination are implicit 16 100 radical without a location successful Kings and Tulare County.

Community leaders accidental their resources and a six-month lodging accidental volition assistance radical get backmost connected their feet.

They invited volunteers to assistance alteration someone's life.

"To spot radical connected the fringes, and to spot radical of worthy and worth and not to discard them and not to disregard them but to bash thing astir that and to beryllium portion of the solution," expresses Brian.

The Navigation Center took 5 years to travel to fruition.

"Just overjoyed with each the hard enactment that has been enactment into the Visalia Navigation Center, I americium looking guardant to the time we unfastened our doors," says Micaela Lara-Lopez, the Assistant Director for the Visalia Navigation Center.

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