PHOENIX — CASS, or Central Arizona Shelter Services, helps provide temporary shelter to 4,000 individuals a year. It's an important resource here in the Valley for those who are unhoused.
"CASS is Arizona's largest, single adult shelter provider," Brittnie Stanton said.
Each day, the 600 beds at CASS's adult shelter are full. The family and senior shelters are also usually near maximum capacity. Stanton, who's a chief program officer with CASS, said the need is only growing.
"It brings forward the fact homelessness isn't always someone in need of mental health or using substances; it can be anyone," she said. "Rents are rising, incomes are not meeting that need, so typically that can be your neighbor, or it can also be someone struggling with instability for a while."
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