<p>The only day shelter for homeless people in Athens is set to close after a federal grant was not renewed.</p><p>The Athens Homeless Day Service Shelter, which opened in 2000, lost a $79,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that had paid for most of the shelter's costs.</p><p>The shelter will probably close sometime in late January, said case manager Marshall Marrotte. Officials were not told why the shelter lost the grant, said Rob Trevena, a program administrator with Athens-Clarke County.</p><p>The shelter is run by Advantage Behavioral Health Systems, which contracts with the state to provide housing, health care and counseling to low-income and homeless people. It's a place where homeless people can make telephone calls, pick up mail, shower and get referrals to other services during the day.</p><p>The Athens Area Homeless Shelter, one of the city's largest homeless shelters, also is expected to close its doors in February because of eroding government grants and declining donations.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x1cd9e34)</p>
