Thea Agnew-Benben
69:09 - 69:42
"Right now, our shelter providers are reporting, like, this was just a couple weekends ago, 85 turnaways. Those are duplicated, so I think you could say if somebody tried our two congregate shelters, maybe 40 turnaways, but that's quite a lot in early May."
“Right now, our shelter providers are reporting, like, this was just a couple weekends ago, 85 turnaways. Those are duplicated, so I think you could say if somebody tried our two congregate shelters, maybe 40 turnaways, but that's quite a lot in early May.”
- Speaker
- Thea Agnew-Benben
- Timestamp
- 69:09 – 69:42
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage, AK, USA
- Captured at
- May 24, 2026
From the transcript
Right now, our shelter providers are reporting, like, this was just a couple weekends ago, 85 turnaways. Those are duplicated, so I think you could say if somebody tried our two congregate shelters, maybe 40 turnaways, but that's quite a lot in early May. I think combined with what Jessica shared earlier about how people now know how to get to shelter. I'd say our demand for shelter and our acceptance of it is growing, which I think is a good thing. We don't have a good way of deduplicating those turnaways yet, so just so you know, that's duplicated data.
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