KALAMAZOO, MI — Local officials are working together on a plan to shelter those without homes during the coming cold weather months.

Kalamazoo County is contributing $396,750 and the city of Kalamazoo will provide another $300,000 for the effort. Officials are now looking for providers to do the work.

The approximately $700,000 will be available to a service provider that applies and is selected to provide shelter for unhoused people, with a contract beginning Nov. 1.

Government officials at the city and county, and nonprofit partners, want to see daytime/nighttime shelter programs for people experiencing homelessness during the coming cold months.

The Kalamazoo County Continuum of Care, United Way of South Central Michigan, Kalamazoo County Government and the City of Kalamazoo are wor

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