
Samantha Alvarez, 9, and her brother Timothy, 5, wait inside the Santa Ana armory as their parents fill out forms on Dec. 1, when the county of Orange opened its cold weather shelter program for the first night this season. The program, operated by the Santa Ana nonprofit Mercy House, is offered at two sites: the California Army National Guard armories in Santa Ana and Fullerton. YVETTE CABRERA, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
On Dec. 1, Orange County, Calif. opened the Cold Weather Emergency Shelter Program at the National Guard Armories for the 2009-2010 season. The Alvarez family is one of six placed in motels as part of the Family Redirection Program run by the shelter’s operator, Mercy House on that night.
Orange County Register columnist Yvette Cabrera wanted to know where homeless people and their families went for the night. Read her story in story in Tuesday’s paper titled “Here’s where homeless are sleeping.”




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