Here’s what the CDC says Anchorage should do to help protect homeless residents from COVID-19
The isolation and quarantine facilities should be kept separate and high-risk individuals should be moved out of shelters, CDC officials said.
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As the nights get cooler and Anchorage’s mass shelter exceeds capacity, homeless people are turned away
Close to 400 people a night are staying at Sullivan Arena; some are sent to hotels; and others are sleeping outdoors.
After dangerous code violations, Anchorage hotel abruptly shuts, leaving guests on the street
Fire marshal says Stay N' Save City Center Motel was a “disaster waiting to happen”
With funding from Amazon, Catholic Social Services launches effort to end family homelessness in Anchorage
The agency will use the $5 million grant to boost rapid rehousing and homeless prevention to move hundreds of families with kids into stable housing
New clinic at Sullivan Arena connects homeless with medical care
Services include primary and mental health care, crisis intervention, treatment for substance use disorders and withdrawl symptoms
Another woman dies in Midtown Anchorage woods where homeless often camp
The woman, who wasn’t immediately identified, is the 13th person to die outdoors in Anchorage this year and the fourth to die in same area since June.
Homeless residents in quarantine double or triple up in hotel rooms
City health officials says 29 hotel rooms remain available for people needing to isolate or quarantine due to virus
Two more people, likely homeless, die outdoors in Anchorage
The deaths, which police do not consider suspicious, occur as Anchorage grapples with homeless crisis amid pandemic
Brother Francis outbreak grows to 101 cases with dozens more at other Anchorage shelters
Forty-one additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed among other homeless shelters in Anchorage, according to the Emergency Operations Center.
As Anchorage struggles with homelessness, outdoor deaths occur regularly — but with little public notice
More than 50 people have died outdoors in Anchorage since 2017.
Coronavirus outbreak in Anchorage homeless has likely spread beyond shelters, prompting expansion of testing and tracing
With more than 100 COVID-19 cases among homeless residents, more outreach is happening outside of shelter settings, according to officials.
10 new COVID-19 cases reported at Brother Francis Shelter
Results as of Thursday morning bring the total case count to 89 at the Anchorage homeless shelter.
Outbreak at Anchorage’s Brother Francis Shelter grows to more than 60 cases
The city health department said it is now working with local service providers to test guests and staff at each of Anchorage’s shelters, soup kitchens and encampments.
As Anchorage hockey supporters protest use of ice arena for homeless shelter, city looks for alternatives
Reopening the Ben Boeke Ice Arena as a mass shelter will be an option of "last resort," a city official said.
20 clients at Anchorage’s Brother Francis Shelter test positive for COVID-19
The outbreak has prompted virus testing for clients three times a week.
U.S. Treasury gives Anchorage officials two paths for purchasing buildings for homeless services with COVID-19 relief dollars
Last week, the department's Inspector General's office said the purchases were an inappropriate use of the money.
Sullivan Arena likely to operate as mass shelter for foreseeable future, Anchorage official says
Ben Boeke Ice Arena may also reopen as a shelter as the municipality tries to find more permanent housing for the city's homeless population.
When she was a homeless teenager, Alaska’s DaJonee Hale found help at a youth center and hope in basketball
Hale, 26, is headed to Germany next month for her second season of professional basketball.
Federal officials raise objections to city’s plan to purchase buildings with CARES Act funds
The city will now have the U.S. Treasury vet its plan.
Anchorage Assembly OKs controversial plan to negotiate purchase of buildings for homeless services
The proposal has received a near unprecedented amount of testimony from residents, largely in opposition. Several hundred people protested the plan Tuesday evening during the meeting.