Shelters to shut down

Door closing on funding
Mike Howell, Vancouver Courier
Published: Friday, June 19, 2009

The nonprofit organization operating one of the city's five temporary homeless shelters near Main and Terminal told its employees to prepare to be out of a job at the end of the month.

Susan Tatoosh, executive director of the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society, said the shelter's closure at 201 Central St. would put 28 people out of work.

"Unless we hear otherwise, June 30 will be our closure date," said Tatoosh, noting 21 staff are full time and seven are on call. "And all of these people were unemployed prior to the opening of the shelter."

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