Six winter shelters are opening in Snohomish County this week, a total of 157 additional beds. But with so many people in need, it's being called a "stopgap" measure. "We need more year-round shelter beds," said Tyler Verda of Snohomish County Human Services. Fifty-five beds are being set up at the Everett Gospel Mission. Geoffrey Mulvaney will be sleeping there. He usually sleeps in a downtown doorway. "It means everything," he said. "It's life and death out here." There are about 1,200 known homeless people in Snohomish County right now. That's more than anytime in the past decade. The county is working to add more shelter beds at two motels it plans to buy. The City of Everett has doubled its number of pallet shelters to 40. Total capacity in the county is currently 840. That's still at least 300 beds short of what's needed, and county officials concede more needs to be done. "There has been an increase in resources, but we're not keeping up, and there's a lot more we need to do as a community," Verda said. Community groups like Everett's Angel Resource Connection are shouldering more of the burden these days. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/homeless/snohomish-county-winter-shelters-opening/281-b9f68cda-514f-45df-8fd5-299b08ff01ce