FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A homeless shelter intended only for single women has opened in Fort Wayne to address a shortage of such emergency space in the city.
City officials say the St. Joseph Missions Women’s Shelter is the first emergency shelter open year-round in Fort Wayne expressly for single women who are experiencing homelessness.
Existing shelters serve single mothers accompanied by their children, single women struggling with drug and alcohol addiction and unaccompanied women in crisis due to domestic violence.
But The Journal Gazette reports that social-service organizations found it challenging to secure emergency housing for single women who fell outside those parameters.
