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BY DAN GORMAN Mission executive director The Bakersfield Rescue Mission, which recently announced its first-ever limit on space for homeless males to 110 beds, wants to keep space open for an extra 40 men. This means the Mission would provide its full range of “crisis intervention services” to a total capped number of 150 homeless men.  The numbers of men in short-term “crisis intervention” at the Mission has been as high as 250. In addition, the number of men and women in the Mission's separate, one-year “Christian Discipleship Program” has been capped at 70.  This brings the Mission's total numbers to 180 with the new cap---or 220 if 40 extra spaces can be added.  Either total makes the Mission the city's largest provider of shelter for the homeless. The Mission's cap on its number -- unprecedented in its 57-year history of service to this community -- became necessary due to the ever-increasing costs of serving unlimited...
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