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LTC 452-2024 Weekly Homeless Efforts Update #20 - September 30-October 6, 2024MIAMI BEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LTC# 452-2024 LETTER TO COMMISSION TO: Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of he City Commission o .1 FROM: DATE: Eric Carpenter, City Manager {/4 x_,,....,,,.,..._/v, SUBJECT: October 14, 2024 Weekly Homeless Efforts Update #20 - September 30-October 6, 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 providers; 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 citywide 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 September 30- October 6, 2024: MBPD Departmentwide Statistics 9/9/24-9/16/24-9/23/24-9/30/24- Total Arrests Homeless Arrests / Percentage of homeless arrests to total arrests Arrests -Refusal of Placements Sec. 70-45 (Camping Prohibited) Weekly Homeless Efforts Update 9/15/24 9/22/24 114 110 60 / 53% 57 / 52% 14 12 July 2024 56 August 2024 27 Se�tember 2024 42 9/29/24 10/6/24 95 108 36 / 38% 52 / 48% 5 4 Janua!}'.-YTD 234 Fiscal YTD 258 1/2 MBPD Homeless Resource Unit Statistics 9/9/24-9/16/24-9/23/24-9/30/24- 9/15/24 9/22/24 9/29/24 10/6/24 Contacts/Engagements 36 30 22 22 Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 4 2 3 2 Residential Treatment Placements 0 0 0 0 Arrests 10 6 5 7 Office of Housing &Community Services -Homeless Outreach Services Division Update The following are service numbers for the Homeless Outreach Division covering the current period of September 30-October 6,2024: Homeless Outreach Services Division 9/9/24-9/16/24-9/23/24-9/30/24- 9/15/24 9/22/24 9/29/24 10/6/24 Street Outreach I Walk-In Center Contacts 104/71 166/78 117 /87 121/97 Street Outreach Refusals of Service 98 160 106 114 Shelter Placements 11 9 16 17 Family Reunifications 13 6 8 7 Average number of shelter beds available to the City per day 17 15 18 17 Park Ranger Service Update The following are homeless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Service covering the current period of September 30-October 6,2024: Park Ranger Service -Homeless Outreach Activities 9/9/24-9/16/24-9/23/24-9/30/24- 9/15/24 9/22/24 9/29/24 10/6/241-------------Contacts I Welfare Checks /Referrals for Assistance ~Jlcm,p Weekly Homeless Efforts Update 2/2