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Commissioners Set Aside More Money for Homeless

  Commissioners set aside more money for homeless Tuesday, October 12, 2010  12:33 PM By Barbara Carmen The Columbus Dispatch More money is on the way to help the homeless in Franklin County, where social agencies are grappling with a surge of economic refugees and the approach of winter. "We're having a huge crisis right now. The recession has hit our weakest neighbors," said Michelle Heritage Ward, executive director of the Community Shelter Board. The shelter board spent about $5,000 last year to cover 56 nights of overflow housing for families, using the money to pay for hotel rooms. This year, the board has purchased more than 1,000 hotel nights for families unab...  More