Downtown Salvation Army to close in two weeks, offering little advance notice to the public and the nonprofit's partners.
will permanently close its Downtown shelter at 8th and Neches on March 15 – less than a month after the nonprofit informed the public and its partners in homelessness response that it would shutter the 100-bed facility.. Reckline acknowledged the 35-year-old shelter’s legacy and unique role among service providers; for many years, “the Sally” was the largest Austin shelter accepting women and children, and it's currently the only Downtown shelter offering beds to single women.
When the Downtown Salvation Army closes, Austin will lose around 10% of its emergency shelter capacity overnight. “We are living in a time when folks are criminalized for sleeping on our streets and we are now losing one of our largest, low-barrier shelters for single men and women,” ECHO Executive Directortold the Chronicle, noting that single adults represent the largest population of unhoused people in Austin. “It will have a huge impact on the people who need our help the most.
Reckline said in our Feb. 24 interview that since arriving in Austin in August 2020, he’s had multiple conversations with city staff and elected officials “where we felt we were going with [the shelter] financially.” It’s unclear when the closure decision was finally made, but Reckline told us Friday that the decision came down from the Salvation Army’s national office. But in response to follow up questions we emailed Monday, Feb.
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