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Oct 13, 2009 8:00 am US/Central

Metro Area Homeless Shelters More Than Full

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Homeless shelter operators in the Twin Cities say they're over capacity and fear the waiting lines for beds will only get longer as temperatures plunge.

Rebecca Lentz is a spokeswoman for Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. She says their shelters were full before the economy "went sour" -- now they're beyond full.

At Simpson United Methodist Church Monday night, 75 men waited for a chance at one of 16 open beds at one of the three private shelters in south Minneapolis.

At the Dorothy Day Center in St. Paul, 6,651 people sought shelter in September. That compares with 4,731 in September of 2005.

Lentz says shelter and social service providers plan to meet this week with community and civic leaders to talk about meeting the growing need for shelter.

Information from: Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com

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