LTC 446 -2024 Weekly Homeless Efforts Update #19 - September 23 - September 29, 2024MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
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October 7,2024
Weekly Homeless Effo rts Update #19-September 23-September 29,2024
The purpose of this Letter to Comm ission (LTC)is to provide a weekly update on efforts by the
Administration to curb homelessness in the City of Miami Beach.This LTC is provided pursuant to
Resolution No.2024-33043 approved by the Mayor and City Comm ission at the May 15,2024 City
Comm ission 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 providers;the total number of shelter beds available to the City;the
num ber of hom eless 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 &Comm unity Services Homeless Outreach Services Division,in collaboration with
the M iami Beach Police Department's Homeless Resource Unit ("HRU"),and other City departments,have
dedicated resources to addressing homelessness citywide including through a unified outreach initiative.
Together,these teams conduct weekly joint outreach missions to proactively address homeless
encampm ents in areas of concern ,while simultaneously offering services to homeless individuals
encountered during these missions.This collaborative effort has augmented engagement strategies in the
com munity 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 fo llowing are reported service numbers for the HRU covering the current period of September 23-
September 29,2024:
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
9/2/24-9/9/24-9/16/24-9/23/24-
9/8/24 9/15/24 9/22/24 9/29/24
Total Arrests 121 114 110 95
Homeless Arrests I 50 / 41%60 /53%57 /52%36 /38%Percentage of homeless arrests to total arrests
10 14 12 5
July 2024 January-YI D56Arrests-Refusal of Placements 230Sec.70-45 (Camping Prohibited)August2024
27 Fiscal YTDSeptember202425442
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M B P D H om eless Resou rce U nit Statistics
9/2/24-9/9/24-9/16/24-9/23/24-
9/8/24 9/15/24 9/22/24 9/29/24
Contacts/Engagements 32 36 30 22
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 3 4 2 3
Residential Treatment Placements 0 0 0 0
Arrests 4 10 6 5
Office of Housing &Community Services -Homeless Outreach Services Division Update
The fo llow ing are serv ice num bers fo r the Hom eless O utreach Division covering the current period of
S eptem ber 23-Septem ber 29,2024:
H om e less O utreach S erv ices Division
9/2/24-9/9/24-9/16/24-9/23/24-
9/8/24 9/15/24 9/22/24 9/29/24
Street Outreach I Walk-In Center Contacts 152 /74 104 /71 166 /78 117 /87
Street Outreach Refusals of Service 145 98 160 106
Shelter Placements 10 11 9 16
Family Reunifications 6 13 6 8
Average number of shelter beds available to the City per day 13 17 15 18
Park Ranger Service Update
The fo llow ing are hom eless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Serv ice covering the current period of
S eptem ber 23-S eptem ber 29,2024:
P ark R an ge r S erv ice -H om eless O utreach Activities
9/2/24-I 9/9/24-I9/16/24-9/23/24-
9/8/24 9/15/24 9/22/24 9/29/24
Contacts I Welfare Checks /Referrals for Assistance
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