They dont make sr citizens and pregnant women sleep outside for donations like they do in the lower 48. Man i remember wen I stayed there in 2009. People complaining about the food but I love how humbling it is. I miss the bowls of slop. Yummy!! AND a 24 hour smoking area. This place is a 5 star hotel compared to the torture chambers I've visited. When I lost my mind due to almost working myself to death they put me in the quiet room. Yes, they have a quiet room. No other shelter in the entire country has accommodations like that. In a lot of shelters if you even cough in the dorm room they will toss you out. I think people shouldn't be complaining and try some of the native foods like raw whole minnows. Lots of natives bring food to share.

It's a mass homeless shelter where clients are able to stay in the entire day (which is unusual for an average shelter). There's a library/computer room, lockers for guests to store their belongings and a laundry room for the guests to utilize. The downsides, however are the dorm rooms. You're basically waking up with people fighting, there's a possibility that your belongings will be stolen (you have to keep your belongings in eye's sight at all times), other illicit activities I won't go into here. The dorm bathrooms I would ignore due to it's constant unkempt condition. There are much cleaner facilities nextdoor at the Navigation facility. There's no sobriety checkpoint upon entry, thus everyone is allowed in, regardless of sobriety status. The staff is a mixed bag. Some are helpful but many are rude and indifferent, but that's not new for a shelter of this capacity.

My first time coming here, i was welcomed by friendly staff who offered a variety of options for help and a warm place to stay with bedding provided, showers and toiletries available for no fee, along with three hot meals a day including an after hour serving time at 11pm(curfew/ lights out). After an uneventful afternoon and a couple meals on my first night we where all evacuated from the building due to an overdose or some alcohol related incident(drugs are prevalent). In a sea of chaos , the staff was able to quickly control the situation and get the necessary authorities involved immediately. That being said i see a lot of negative reviews about them which in my case was not at all true. If you choose to be sober and really apply yourself to the opportunities they are providing , it is possible to move on. Unfortunately It is a shelter at the end of the day and the same people writing those reviews are the same people taking advantage of the system, living on snap, stealing and using whatever they can find to fund their addictions which runs rampant here. as sad as it is to see, it is a place to stay and if you are an addict i would count your blessings that they put up with you! the cto that i saw(kicked out) where for severe and very understandable issues. overall i would say they are very fair to everyone and really did nothing but help me every step of the way. The only complaint i would have is the cleanliness but there is only so much that can be done when you have people so high they cant even hold a conversation with you. its true cleaning is up to only a few people and i did not participate often unless i was part of the mess. it is quite overwhelming and honestly if the shelter spent a day a week getting designated people to do a deep clean and maybe invested in a pressure washer for the outside, the building would really see a great improvement in the quality of life for clients and staff.