GREENSBORO, N.C. — During last Wednesday's Greensboro City Council meeting, city leaders approved nearly $900,000 to go toward winter emergency shelter activities in Greensboro. 

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Last week, the Greensboro City Council approved nearly $900,000 to go toward winter emergency shelter activities in Greensboro

The money will be split between Greensboro Urban Ministries and the Interactive Resource Center

The IRC will also assist with a new program that will provide people who sleep in their cars a safe place to spend the night 

The Greensboro Urban Ministries will get $414,743 and oversee the Regency Inn Winter Shelter, and the Interactive Resource Center will get $484,000 and run the process for approval to the inn and 30 new pallet homes.

The IRC will also assist the city with a new initiative called the Safe Parking Project, a new program that will provide people who sleep in their cars a safe place to spend the night. 

IRC Director Kristina Singleton said the extra funding means a place for nearly 150 people to go this winter.

“I'm proud of Greensboro for taking that step, and it may not be the final answer, but it does feel like people are coming together and trying to find some reals solutions," Singleton said.

Roughly 2,500 people a day around the state will experience homelessness, according to the North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness.

George Achini, who has been living on the streets of downtown Greensboro, said he relies on resources like the IRC, especially during the winter.

Last year, Singleton was able to get Achini into the Regency Inn Winter Shelter.

“Just the fact that you can go to the bathroom right there, that alone, you know, people take it for granted. The regency gives us a place where we can have some dignity," Achini explained. 

The White Flag Emergency Shelter is also available during freezing temperatures.

These emergency winter services will be in place through mid-March.