When it started in October 2011, organizers expected a dozen women or so, not more than 400.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Safe to Sleep program is a warm and safe place to sleep for women who would otherwise be sleeping on the streets. When organizers got it going, and set up cots in churches like Pathways United Methodist, they thought there might be 12 or 15 homeless women who could use a place to stay at night. They were shocked by the number of women needing to get inside out of the elements at a place where they can feel safe.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Safe to Sleep program is a warm and safe place to sleep for women who would otherwise be sleeping on the streets. When organizers got it going, and set up cots in churches like Pathways United Methodist, they thought there might be 12 or 15 homeless women who could use a place to stay at night. They were shocked by the number of women needing to get inside out of the elements at a place where they can feel safe.