In the meantime, the county has been providing services to help the homeless at different points of the year. "Last year through our Social Services Department, we put up $20-million for different programs and just on a nightly basis, 365 days of the year, we probably put 900 plus people...
In the meantime, the county has been providing services to help the homeless at different points of the year. "Last year through our Social Services Department, we put up $20-million for different programs and just on a nightly basis, 365 days of the year, we probably put 900 plus people...
"Folks look for a refuge," Book said. "Our shelters are full. We're trying to address the issues. We have a very large shortage of housing. That's why the homeless trust has been working to create housing opportunities by buying buildings and using a term called ...
The mayor, commissioners, police chief and leaders of Miami Beach homeless outreach said Operation Summer Relief will deliver an extra boost of resources offered, including access to shelters.Jul 30, 2024 Twitter Facebook Email Live Now CBS News 24/7 ...
The report’s data relies on volunteers, who manually canvas communities each January to survey homeless populations, as well as local outreach staff and estimates from shelters and other homelessness services and facilities. While imperfect, the report’s point-in-time estimate has provided ...
“chosen” a homeless lifestyle. Yes, there are women, youth and others fleeing violent or otherwise very difficult life circumstances. Yes, there are some with severe mental or substance use disorders who have no other alternative to the streets or homeless shelters. If given the “choice” ...
Lured by the promise of jobs created by the oil and gas boom, Mario Solano left his home in Miami to travel to a new life in the center of it all - North Dakota. At first, Solano found temporary jobs driving trucks for oil and gas companies. Eventually,
“You had to see it to appreciate the juxtaposition of this horrible poverty — shanties with signs saying ‘Help’ — right under the bridge on the way to glamorous Miami Beach. No one wanted to do anything about it because it was political suicide to ask for help for sex offenders.”—...
The plaintiffs argued that the city had "criminalized their existence in Grants Pass," as there are no city-run homeless shelters there and only two privately run housing programs, which serve a fraction of the homeless population. A federal district courtruledagainst the city, finding...
” Cuomo said Thursday during an unrelated press conference inside of his Midtown office….Cuomo also said that the state would pony up resources for the city’s shelters, telling reporters that “we already pay 55 percent of most of the s...