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The program is called Fences for Fido and it is partnered with a Safe Haven program that allows homeless women who live in their cars to park in a church parking lot. They also get to use the church's facilities, kitchen, bathroom and Wi Fi.
Fences for Fido is an off leash dog park that the women can use to let their dogs have a good run. After all, living in a car is not easy for a dog either.

http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/...-503453314

This is such a good use of land and buildings and it really provides the help these women need. It recognizes how important pets are to homeless women and it provides help to make the dog's lives better.  

I really hope their are other places that are providing help like this. This is the kind of help that is needed.
The people who run that scheme, and the Church, are real Christians, bless them!  That is a great set-up for someone who has to live out of their car. And brilliant for the dogs. Also, those people wil meet others so they won't be so lonely and sidelined.

However, some homeless people come with "baggage" of one kind or another, sometimes drug addiction, and I do hope that has been allowed for or accounted for. They may not be "Angels". It would be a shame if something happened, such as" undesirable visitors" to the site....which could happen an dcause some element of disappointment unless there are those who are prepared for that. Those who offer this help may have to accept those things gracefully....

But what a positive and good thing for these people and their dogs!
I think they must have some idea of how to deal with homeless people and their needs. They have been letting the women park in a safe area. The dog run must have grown from the original program when they realized that many of the women have dogs.

It is a great idea and it  meets the needs of the people they want to help. I wish more places would show such regard for the pets of homeless people. In many places women with pets are turned away.