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Susanne Fleek-Green

23:50 - 24:30

“I mean, Fairbanks closed their shelter. The Matsu will not open one. So we are the place where people come. I think Thea has talked about where we know people are getting put on airplanes from Belize, for example, and sent here because they know that we have shelter and that we have services like the opening crisis stabilization center.”
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I mean, Fairbanks closed their shelter. The Matsu will not open one. So we are the place where people come. I think Thea has talked about where we know people are getting put on airplanes from Belize, for example, and sent here because they know that we have shelter and that we have services like the opening crisis stabilization center. So I think, again, we will work on some language to address your point and see how we can, to a new body, really accentuate the fact that we are providing services for residents of the entire state almost.

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