An existing day center in Northeast Portland near the border of the Montavilla and Rose City Park neighborhoods is now offering expanded hours and weekend service with help from the city.

A key part of Mayor Keith Wilson’s homelessness strategy has been to open day centers that provide a full range of services for people who are spending nights in the city’s new overnight-only shelters. Wilson has opened 630 of 1,500 promised new shelter beds since he took office in January. This will be the second of four planned day centers.

The mayor’s original day center plan called for a new center in each quadrant of the city. After failing to secure $11 million in expected state funding , city officials announced this week that they would save money by using outdoor locations in some cases a

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