From Philadelphia-
For the past few years, whenever Bucks County declared a Code Blue emergency, only homeless people in Lower Bucks had a place to go.
Homeless people in Central and Upper Bucks had to find a way to get to Lower Bucks or stay outside in the cold.
“I think there’s a sense that there are more homeless people in Lower Bucks County than there are in Central and Upper Bucks County,” said the Rev. Lucy Amerman, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in Buckingham.
“I don’t know the numbers. I think people who are homeless in Central and Upper Bucks are just less visible. But they’re there. They’re definitely there,” she said.
Bob Clark, facility manager at Covenant Church in Buckingham, said people regularly call or walk into his church seeking help.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Covenant Church and several other area churches and community service organizations have joined to offer the homeless in Central and Upper Bucks a place to stay on nights when temperatures drop below 20 degrees. The churches and service organizations call themselves the Coalition to Shelter and Support the Homeless.
More here-
http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/doylestown/community-groups-join-to-create-a-code-blue-shelter-for/article_991aa4aa-29ae-5992-b6ed-9364e39cde79.html
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