Organizers for a local homeless program are searching for a permanent home to move the program forward.
About a year ago, a collaboration of community organizations, including the Comal County Homeless Coalition, NB Housing Partners, McKenna Foundation and Serve Spot, a coalition of local pastors and their congregations, began operating a short-term, motel-based homeless shelter for adults using a coordinated entry shelter model.
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