Shelter Agreement with St. Joe’s Altered

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At its Sept. 1, 2010 meeting, the Washtenaw County board of commissioners voted to terminate a joint operating agreement with St. Joseph Mercy Health System for the Delonis Center, the county’s homeless shelter. The agreement had been signed at the shelter’s inception, when St. Joe’s agreed to step in and operate the center if the entity created to do that work – the Washtenaw Housing Alliance – couldn’t perform that task. The WHA subsequently subcontracted operations to the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County and Food Gatherers, which have been operating the shelter for eight years.

This report, filed from the board meeting, will be followed by a detailed article. [link]