DOUGLAS COUNTY, Neb. —

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is launching a new initiative called the Sheltering Assistance Program.

If you follow Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson on social media or talk to him long enough, you know that homeless tent encampments are a major concern for him.

"We need to start a broader discussion about actual solutions," Hanson said. "I would say on an almost daily basis, this office receives complaints from business owners and citizens who are concerned about illicit tent encampments."

The Sheltering Assistance Program would allow members of the public to open their homes to unhoused people living in tent encampments.

"This is one potential solution. I think at the end of the day, we will very likely have very few people that will offer up their hom

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