Sleep Trailer being tested in three-month trial

KJ Ullfers, one of the men leading the charge in a Sleep Trailer pilot program, gets ready on a cold early morning to clean out units. Photos by Sarah Brown

Two years after an initial test of the Sleep Trailer, Crossroads Communities is once again hosting the temporary shelter for a second trial run.

Crossroads Communities ran the program for one week in 2023, but this year they are testing it for three months in Lebanon before taking it to other counties for three-month trials.

Just as temperatures were about to drop to below freezing, Crossroads Communities invited houseless individuals on Jan. 6 to find…