A new pilot program called STAR Village designed to provide homeless women with a secure place to live opens Wednesday at 244 E. Grant Road.

STAR stands for Serving Together and Rebuilding.

It represents a collaborative effort between the City of Tucson, the Primavera Foundation, and Old Pueblo Community Services to help women transition from street life to stable housing.

The facility will house up to 25 homeless women in individual tents equipped with cots.

Tisha Tallman, Primavera's CEO says it's more than housing.

It's a space for them to clean up, eat, and connect with resources to transform life on the street into a stable, sober life.

"Providing them with behavioral health, mental health services, physical health services, providing them with an opportunity to do housing asses

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