LTC 502-2024 Weekly Homeless Efforts Update #24 - October 28-November 3, 2024MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# 502-2024
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager £ue, �
November 13, 2024
Weekly Homeless Efforts Update #24 -October 28-November 3, 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 October 28-
November 3, 2024:
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
Total Arrests
Homeless Arrests I
Percentage of homeless arrests to total arrests
Arrests ...;. Refusal of Placements
Sec. 70-45 (Camping Prohibited)
Weekly Homeless Efforts Update
10/7/24-10/14/24-10/21 /24-10/28/24-
10/13/24 10/20/24 10/27 /24 11 /03/24
93 82
50 / 54% 42 / 51%
4
July 2024
56
August 2024
27
3
Sei;1tember 2024
42
83 81
26 / 31% 22 / 27%
3 3
Januarv-YTD
247
Fiscal YTD
271
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