WestTown Homeless Resource Center opens to provide services, day shelter in Oklahoma City
The WestTown Resource Center and day shelter officially opened recently at 1724 NW 3, bringing to reality the Homeless Alliance's dream of a one-stop shop to aid the indigent.
Five years after it was first envisioned, a comprehensive center for the homeless has opened in Oklahoma City as a one-stop shop to help the indigent get back on their feet.
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And the new WestTown Homeless Resource Center at 1724 NW 3 includes the city's only day shelter, which opened Aug. 15.
Dan Straughan, executive director of the Homeless Alliance, said the resource center and day shelter are invaluable components of the alliance's goal to help Oklahoma City aid homeless and indigent individuals more efficiently.
He said construction on the project began in early 2010.
WestTown, which takes up a city block near the corner of NW 3 and Virginia, encompasses two rehabilitated warehouses. The resource center is housed in one building and includes offices for agencies that aid the indigent, such as Legal Aid, Neighborhood Services Organization and Healing Hands. The adjacent building houses the day shelter that is managed by CityCare and includes a place where homeless and indigent people can receive free breakfast and lunches, take showers, store items in lockers, use computers and watch television.
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