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HOMELESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Mixed survey numbers paint complex picture of homelessness nationally and locally
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The Central Kansas Dream Center Housed om the Daniel Trickey Memorial Lifegiving Center in Great Bend is on the front lines of the homeless problem. Although a survey finds homelessness declining nationally, that may not be the case locally. - photo by DALE HOGG Great Bend Tribune
On a late January night in southwest Kansas, there were an estimated 108 homeless residents seeking refuge from the cold. They were among 2,588 statewide and 564,708 across the nation. However, the 2015 census of the homeless taken on a single night in January shows these numbers are starting to decline nationally.