LTC 355-2024 Homeless Point in Time Census - August 22-23, 2024MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# 355-2024
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric T. Carpenter, City Manager � ��
August 20, 2024
Homeless Point in Time Census -August 22-23, 2024
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to advise that the City's Homeless Outreach Services
Division will be participating in the countywide Point in Time Census, managed by the Miami-Dade
County Homeless Trust, on August 22-23, 2024.
The Point in Time Census is conducted during January and August each year. The bi-annual
census is the physical count of the homeless on City streets. The census will take place between
10:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 22, 2024, and 6:00 a.m. on Friday, August 23, 2024.
The Homeless Outreach Services Division's walk-in center will close at 12 p.m. on Thursday,
August 22, 2024, and remain closed through Friday, August 23, 2024, to enable staff's participation
in the census. The Division's extended outreach team will continue to conduct street outreach,
engagement, and shelter placements during this time.
New Hope C.O.R.P.S., the City's afterhours street outreach vendor, will also conduct routine
afterhours specialized outreach from 7:00 p.m. -3:00 a.m., and Miami Beach Police Officers are
also able to make direct shelter placements. The office will re-open on Monday, August 26, 2024,
and resume normal operations.
Staff will provide an update on Point in Time Census results via a subsequent Letter to
Commission. If you have any questions, please contact Alba Tarre, Director, Office of Housing and
Community Services.
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