Showing posts with label Local Homeless. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Local Homeless. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2024

Senate prepares homeless camping ban backed by Ron DeSantis for final vote


The House has passed legislation banning the unhoused from sleeping in public, and the Senate has now positioned the bill for a vote, setting the stage for a Gov. Ron DeSantis priority becoming law.

The measure (HB 1365) would ban counties and municipalities from permitting public sleeping or public camping on public property without explicit permission, creating an unfunded mandate for these localities to round up the homeless and put them somewhere.


Friday, March 1, 2024

Advocates fight for Tampa-area homeless kids, offer lifelines


While groups across the Tampa Bay area are working to combat homelessness, some are making sure that a specific group doesn’t get overlooked: homeless children.....Read More

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Bill targeting Floridians experiencing homelessness advances in House


A bill that restricts people experiencing homelessness from sleeping on public property moved forward in the State House Thursday. The bill faced support and pushback for various reasons.

The bill is sponsored by Republican Representative Sam Garrison. It bans public sleeping and camping. It also allows for counties to turn certain public areas into homeless encampments.


Friday, December 1, 2023

Camp Street Lights Sheds Light on Youth Homelessness


An estimated 4,265 Hillsborough County students are experiencing homelessness - living in cars, hotels or motels, shelters, or sharing homes with others. While there are programs in place to help address these heartbreaking scenarios, there is much more work to be done. This need prompted Hillsborough County Children's Services to host the County's first-ever overnight sleep-out to bring awareness to this important issue.....Read More

Saturday, November 18, 2023

'Sleep-out' event in Hillsborough County brings awareness to youth homelessness


Hillsborough County leaders say that 4,265 students in the county are experiencing some form of homelessness. That’s why Friday night, dozens of participants set up for a 12-hour sleep-out event on the county’s Children’s Services Campus. The event, called Camp Street Lights, was meant to bring awareness to youth homelessness and to let families who need help know that resources are available.....Read More

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Hillsborough County awarded 4.6 million in federal funds to address youth homelessness

Photo by Thomas Hawk licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Hillsborough County received an award of 4.6 million dollars towards ending youth homelessness. The federal funding was announced in Tampa on Wednesday. The funds were given to the Tampa/Hillsborough County Continuum of Care, or CoC.....MORE

Saturday, August 26, 2023

Prevention program looks to address student, family homelessness in Hillsborough County


Pathways to Hope is funded by the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County and run by Metropolitan Ministries in partnership with Hillsborough County Schools and the Hispanic Services Council.

The new prevention program provides support to families who are experiencing economic instability and housing insecurity.

More HERE

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Maura Cruz Lanz is wrong about the homeless

Florida GOP Maura Cruz Lanz who has many, many apartments said 
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“I have met with many homeless people — some of them really just want to stay homeless, they do not want housing, they 
don’t want anything.”
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Ms. Lanz, I have been taking pictures of the local homeless for almost 20 years and I can count on one hand the people that 
have told me that. 
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Please don't confuse those homeless with what we are about to experience 
because of evictions.

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Friday, August 21, 2020

Miami Hero Sherina Jones

Sherina Jones looks forward to opening her refrigerator and finding it empty.
That means someone in Wynwood has found the fridge full of free food she plugged in outside her friend’s print shop and 
won’t go hungry.
“I feel fulfilled every day I come here and see that it’s empty,” she said. “It puts a smile on my face to see everything is gone.”
Jones, a Carol City native, has taken on the vast problem of food insecurity in South Florida in a direct, targeted and grassroots way: She set up a community refrigerator.