Hypothermia death exposes 穴を開ける in Fairbanks' homeless care
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The 事例／患者 of a homeless man who froze to death in Alaska´s second-largest city of Fairbanks has exposed a 穴を開ける in the safety 逮捕する of care 供給するd to a 攻撃を受けやすい 全住民 in one of the coldest places in the country.
The city has no low-障壁 避難所 to 供給する help and a warm place to stay on an 無条件の basis.
The 団体／死体 of Charles Ahkiviana, 55, was discovered frozen in a snowbank 近づく a busy department 蓄える／店, the 船の停泊地 Daily News 報告（する）／憶測d.
The day his 団体／死体 was 設立する, two days before Christmas, it was minus 32 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 35 degrees Celsius) and at one point, the 勝利，勝つd 冷気／寒がらせる was minus 54 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 47 Celsius). Ahkiviana died of hypothermia, Alaska 明言する／公表する 州警察官，騎馬警官s said.
の中で U.S. cities with 25,000 or more people, Fairbanks - with a 全住民 of about 32,500 - is the coldest in the nation, said Rick Thoman, a 気候 専門家 at the International 北極の 研究 中心.
Ahkiviana´s death was a moment for community reflection, and for "fury and shame," Jennifer Jolis, the former director of a soup kitchen, wrote in the Fairbanks Daily News-鉱夫.
Niko Thompson, who runs programs for 退役軍人s through the Fairbanks 救助（する） 使節団, walks into a wooded area of Fairbanks, Alaska, on Jan. 30, 2023, to look for 野営s while 行為／行うing the Point-In-Time count of unsheltered people. The 事例／患者 of a homeless man who froze to death in Alaska's second-largest city of Fairbanks has exposed a 穴を開ける in the safety 逮捕する of care 供給するd to a 攻撃を受けやすい 全住民 in one of the coldest places in the country. (Marc Lester/船の停泊地 Daily News 経由で AP)
It´s 概算の there are up to 100 people who are homeless in Fairbanks, where 行動主義者s say a caring, creative community helps those in need.
However, the city 欠如（する）s a low-障壁 緊急 避難所, a place that 終始一貫して and 無条件に 申し込む／申し出s an open door and a warm cot. That leaves those who are homeless to walk the streets at night, （人が）群がる into motel rooms 10 at a time and sleep in abandoned houses, cars or even dig snow 洞穴s.
The Fairbanks 救助（する） 使節団 is the largest provider of 緊急 避難所 in Fairbanks. It can house up to 200 people in an 緊急, and about 90 people, 含むing women and families with children, were there on a 最近の night, said John Coghill, a former 明言する／公表する 国会議員 who runs the day-to-day 操作／手術s at the 使節団.
However, the 使節団 要求するs that a person pass a breathalyzer 実験（する） and 服従させる／提出する to a urinalysis for 麻薬s to enter, leaving some to say it´s not 避難所ing the people who need help the most.
The 使節団´s （弁護士の）依頼人s are 推定する／予想するd to move through a structured program toward self-十分なこと.
"If you´re willing to help yourself, we´re willing to help you," said Pete Kelly, the (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director and another former 明言する／公表する 国会議員.
The 支配するs are necessary because the 避難所 needs to be an 整然とした, 安全な・保証する place, 特に for people newly in 回復.
The 使節団 can´t help everyone, Kelly and Coghill said.
"We have been 非難するd because there´s a level of mental illness that we just can´t take care of," Kelly said.
支持するs say the 使節団 does important work, but it shouldn´t be the only 選択 and a low-障壁 避難所 is needed. In 船の停泊地, the city-owned Sullivan 円形競技場 has been turned into such a 施設.
"I really wish that we had something like that here," said Lynda Purvis, a 事例／患者 経営者／支配人 with the Tanana 長，指導者s 会議／協議会, a 国際借款団／連合 of 42 Athabascan tribes in 内部の Alaska that の中で its 責任／義務s is 供給するing health and social service needs for 部族の members. "Somewhere you could throw c ots 負かす／撃墜する, give you something warm to drink and just get out of the 冷淡な."
About 100 people showed up for apricot oatmeal one 最近の morning at the 石／投石する Soup Caf?, a grassroots soup kitchen in Fairbanks. Besides oatmeal, lentil stew and pork chops were 利用できる for carry out.
The philosophy of The Bread Line, which operates 石／投石する Soup Cafe, is to 申し込む／申し出 a come-as-you-are place, with 極小の 支配するs. It also 申し込む／申し出s a place to be indoors for the two hours every morning it´s open.
Ahkiviana´s death may have momentarily raised community consciousness about the 欠如（する） of 避難所, but Matt Davis, a longtime cook at the 石／投石する Soup Caf?, wondered if it would last long enough for 活動／戦闘.
He said 関心s with the adequacy of 避難所 are brought to 地元の 政府s. "And every time we do, it´s, `井戸／弁護士席, we have a 救助（する） 使節団,´" he said.
Kenneth Cooper said he´s no longer welcome at the 使節団 and at times will stay with friends. He doesn´t like to stay more than a night at a time, however.
During the coldest 天候, he will いつかs make a 避難所 by burrowing into a snowbank, just big enough for himself. He runs a PVC 麻薬を吸う through the snow to create a vent and 燃やすs a candle for heat. Other times, he will nurse a cup of coffee at the city´s only diner open all night.
Brynn Butler, the city´s 住宅 director who was once homeless herself, senses there´s 勢い for change. She doesn´t see Fairbanks 開始 a low-障壁 避難所 like 船の停泊地 but said they could develop a 冷淡な-天候 計画（する） that might 許す it to 活動させる／戦時編成する 緊急 避難所s in extreme 天候.
If a 基金ing source could be 安全な・保証するd, a 場所／位置 位置を示すd and 労働者s 雇うd, she says it could become a reality, maybe by next winter.
"That´s my hope," she said.
Kenneth Cooper pauses while commenting on his living 状況／情勢 on Jan. 31, 2023, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Cooper, who has been homeless on and off in Fairbanks for years, said he いつかs stays with friends and on occasion, has made a dugout in a snowbank. The 事例／患者 of a homeless man who froze to death in Alaska's second-largest city of Fairbanks has exposed a 穴を開ける in the safety 逮捕する of care 供給するd to a 攻撃を受けやすい 全住民 in one of the coldest places in the country. (Marc Lester/船の停泊地 Daily News 経由で AP)
An unoccupied テント appears recently used in an 野営 on the east 味方する of Fairbanks, Alaska, on Jan. 30, 2023. The 事例／患者 of a homeless man who froze to death in Alaska's second-largest city of Fairbanks has exposed a 穴を開ける in the safety 逮捕する of care 供給するd to a 攻撃を受けやすい 全住民 in one of the coldest places in the country. (Marc Lester/船の停泊地 Daily News 経由で AP)
Fairbanks 住宅 調整者／コーディネーター Brynn Butler, who has experienced homelessness, 提起する／ポーズをとるs for a photo on Feb. 1, 2023, in 前線 of Fairbanks City Hall, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Butler said the city could develop a 冷淡な-天候 計画（する） that might 許す it to 活動させる／戦時編成する 緊急 避難所s in extreme 天候. The 事例／患者 of a homeless man who froze to death in Alaska's second-largest city of Fairbanks has exposed a 穴を開ける in the safety 逮捕する of care 供給するd to a 攻撃を受けやすい popul ation in one of the coldest places in the country. (Marc Lester/船の停泊地 Daily News 経由で AP)
Fairbanks 救助（する） 使節団 緊急 services director John Coghill, left, and (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director Pete Kelly, both former Alaska 明言する／公表する 上院議員s, talk in an office in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Jan. 30, 2023. The 事例／患者 of a homeless man who froze to death in Alaska's second-largest city of Fairbanks has exposed a 穴を開ける in the safety 逮捕する of care 供給するd to a 攻撃を受けやすい 全住民 in one of the coldest pl エースs in the country. (Marc Lester/船の停泊地 Daily News 経由で AP)
