LTC 060-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #05 - January 27-February 02, 2025MIAMI BEACH
OFF ICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC#
TO:
FROM:
DATE: LETTER TO COMMISSION Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager � �
February 10, 2025
SUBJECT: Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #05 -January 27-February 02, 2025
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (L TC) is to provide a we ekly 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 Comm iss ion 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 ava ilable to the City; the
number of homeless persons arrested for violating the City's camping ordinance; and other metrics
pertaining to the prov isi on of services to homeless persons in the City.
The Office of Housing & Community Services Homeless Outreach Services Division, in collaboration with
the Mi ami 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 January 27-February
02, 2025:
Total Arrests
Homel ess Arrests /
% of hom eless arrests to total arrests
Arrests -Refusal of Placements
Sec. 70-45 (Camping Prohibited)
MBPD Departmentwide St atistics
'. 01/06/25-�II.._ I 01/12/25
4,476 5,187 101
1,543 / 34% 2,17 9/ 42% 54/ 53%
24 261 7
uctober 2024
16
November 2024
5
December 2024
10
01/13/25-01/20/25-01/27/25-
01/19/25
86
47 / 55 %
2
01/26/25 02/02/25
57 98
22/ 39% 40 I 41%
1 0
Janua!Y 2025-YTD
13
October 2023 to Present
298
060-2025
