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PHOTOS: ARCHES places homeless people in motels to slow the spread of COVID-19

ARCHES project outreach workers Ali Stephens, left, and Lucy Briseno talk with motel resident Diane Murphy about a newly instituted curfew at a Salem motel being used to house the homeless on Thursday, April 9. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

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Last week, The ARCHES Project housed 113 people in motels to help those more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19.

Program manager Ashley Hamilton said her agency is committed to keeping the program running for as long as needed to respond to the health crisis.

ARCHES is also sending outreach workers to the newly formed camps in Wallace Marine Park and Cascades Gateway Park.

Resident Jennie Lockling accepts a flier on a newly instituted curfew from outreach workers Ali Stephens and KayLynn Gesner at a Salem motel being used to house the homeless on Thursday, April 9. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

ARCHES Project outreach worker KayLynn Gesner talks with Dennis Sherry, who is staying at a Salem motel being used to house the homeless, about an upcoming curfew on Thursday, April 9. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Leslie McCallister and her family are currently staying at a Salem motel being used to house the homeless. McCallister was evicted from a former residence after losing her job in insurance. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Motel resident Derrick Hayden talks with outreach workers about an upcoming curfew at a Salem motel being used to house the homeless on Thursday, April 9. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)