(Portland, OR) -- The Salvation Army has been selected to operate shelters with 200 beds in Portland. County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson and Portland's new Mayor Keith Wilson made the announcement. Two Salvation Army facilities will be used for the shelters. They are the Salvation Army Female Emergency Shelter on Southwest 2nd Avenue and the Moore Street Corps & Community Center on North Williams Avenue. Each government is paying 375-thousand dollars for operations. The beds could open as soon as January 7th.