Tony Evers proposes $16.5 million annually in direct spending for the homeless in Wisconsin
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A volunteer at Madison's homeless men’s shelter at 2002 Zeier Road on the East Side in December prepares cots added to increase capacity on extremely cold nights. Gov. Tony Evers has proposed a record $16.5 million in direct spending for homeless services in the 2023-25 state budget.
As federal COVID-19 support wanes, Gov. Tony Evers is proposing to spend $16.5 million annually on initiatives to directly support the homeless in the 2023-25 budget, the largest investment of non-pandemic funding in state history.
Photos: Temporary men’s homeless shelter prepares to open
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(From left) Hattie Russell and Genaro Cruz, both with the City of Madison Engineering Division, put together bunk beds as they prepare for the opening of the new temporary men’s homeless shelter on Zeier Road in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
AMBER ARNOLD STATE JOURNAL
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Employees with the City of Madison Engineering Division stack mattresses that will be used on bunk beds at the new temporary men’s homeless shelter on Zeier Road in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
AMBER ARNOLD STATE JOURNAL
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Bed frames are moved into the new temporary men’s homeless shelter on Zeier Road, and made into bunks, as it prepares to open in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
AMBER ARNOLD STATE JOURNAL
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Employees with the City of Madison Engineering Division put together bunk beds as they prepare for the opening of the new temporary men’s homeless shelter on Zeier Road in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
AMBER ARNOLD STATE JOURNAL
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Bed frames are moved into the new temporary men’s homeless shelter on Zeier Road as it prepares to open in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
AMBER ARNOLD STATE JOURNAL
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Billy Asnien, left, and LeBontare James, both with Reynolds Transfer and Storage, move mattresses off a truck into the new temporary men’s homeless shelter on Zeier Road in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
AMBER ARNOLD STATE JOURNAL
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City of Madison Engineering Division employees, from left, Autumn Ingraham and Steve White carry a bed frame off a truck into the the new temporary men’s homeless shelter on Zeier Road in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
A volunteer at Madison's homeless men’s shelter at 2002 Zeier Road on the East Side in December prepares cots added to increase capacity on extremely cold nights. Gov. Tony Evers has proposed a record $16.5 million in direct spending for homeless services in the 2023-25 state budget.
