Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center will not open winter shelter this year

MENDOCINO Co., 8/20/21 — The Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center, which has operated a winter shelter Im Fort Bragg in past years, has announced via a statement that the organization does not plan to operate a winter shelter in this coming winter. Last year, according to the statement, the shelter served 32 individuals and cost over $103,000 to operate from January 1 through March 31, 2021. The announcement cites costs, staffing challenges, and changes in the organization as reasons that Hospitality Center will not be planning to operate a shelter this winter.

The announcement concludes, “MCHC is hopeful that a new coalition of interested community members will work together to consider  other possibilities to address these unmet needs.”