LTC 278-2024 Weekly Homeless Efforts Update #6 - June 24 - June 30 2024M IA M I BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Rickelle wiams, Interim city Man ager /p/
July 5, 2024
Weekly Homeless Efforts Update #6 - June 24-June 30, 2024
The purpose of this Letter to Commission {L TC) is to provide a weekly update on efforts by the Administration
to curb homelessness in the City of Miami Beach. This L TC is provided pursuant to Resolution No. 2024-
33043 approved by the Mayor and City Commission at the May 15, 2024 City Commission meeting. The
Administration was directed to publish a weekly L TC sharing the various metrics and data regarding the
homeless population including the number of shelter beds and residential placements provided by the City
or its pro viders; the total number of shelter beds available to the City; the number of homeless persons
arrested for violating the City's camping ordinance; and other metrics pertaining to the provision of services
to homeless persons in the City.
The Office of Housing & Community Services Homeless Outreach Services Division, in collaboration with
the Miami Beach Police Department's Homeless Resource Unit ("HRU"), and other City departments, have
dedicated resources to addressing homelessness cityw ide including through a unified outreach initiative.
Together, these teams conduct weekly joint outreach missions to proactively address homeless
encampments in areas of concern, while simultaneously offering services to homeless individuals
encountered during these missions. This collaborative effort has augmented engagement strategies in the
community by promoting more accessibility to services provided within the homeless and mental
health/substance abuse Continuum of Care.
Miami Beach Police Department - Homeless Resource Unit (HRU) Update
The following are reported service numbers for the HRU covering the current period of June 24-June 30,
2024:
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
Total Arrests 89
Homeless Arrests / 44 49% Percentage of homeless arrests to total arrests
May 2024
Arrests - Refusal of Placements Period 36 Fiscal YTD
Sec. 70-45 (Camping Prohibited) 9 June 2024 129
58
MBPD Homeless Resource Unit Statistics
Contacts/ Engagements 32
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 1
Residential Treatment Placements 1
Arrests 4
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O ff ic e o f H o u sing & C o m m u n ity Serv ices - H o m ele ss O utreach Serv ices D ivision U p date
The following are service numbers for the Homeless Outreach Division covering the current period of June
24-June 30, 2024:
H o m e le ss O u treac h S erv ices D ivisio n
Stre et O utrea c h I W alk-In C enter C o ntacts 149 / 93
S tre et O utreac h R efus a ls of Serv ice 146
S helte r P lacem ents 10
Fam ily R eun ifi catio ns 8
A v e rage n u m be r of shelte r beds av a ilab le to the C ity per day 4
P a rk R a n g er S e rv ic e U p da te
The following are homeless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Service covering the current period of
June 24-June 30, 2024:
C o nta c ts I W elfa re C hecks / R eferra ls fo r A ssistance
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W eekly Hom eless Efforts Update 2/2