LTC 016-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #01 - December 30, 2024-January 05, 2025 MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #016-2025 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Eric Carpenter, City Manager �,ce
DATE: January 13, 2025
SUBJECT: Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #01 — December 30, 2024-January 05, 2025
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (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 Commission at the May 15, 2024 City
Commission meeting. The Administration was directed to publish a weekly LTC 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 fiHRUJ Update
The following are reported service numbers for the HRU covering the current period of December 30, 2024-
January 05, 2025:
MlBPD Departmentwide Statistics
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Total Arrests 4,476 5,187 101 79 58 114
Homeless Arrests i 1,543/34%2 179 /42% 32 /32% 30 /38% 26/45% 49 /43%
% of homeless arrests to total arrests '
24 261 1 2 3 4
October 2024
January 2025-YTD
Arrests— Refusal of Placements 16 3
Sec. 70-45 (Camping Prohibited) November 2024
5 October 2023 to Present
December 2024 288
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MBPD Homeless Resource Unit Statistics
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Contacts/ Engagements 17 16 0 18
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 2 0 0 0
Residential Treatment Placements 0 2 0 0
Arrests 6 5 0 4
Office of Housing & Community Services — Homeless Outreach Services Division Update
The following are service numbers for the Homeless Outreach Division covering the current period December
30, 2024-January 05, 2025:
Homeless Out -ach Services Division
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Street Outreach /Walk-In Center Contacts 129 / 76 101 / 90 133 / 45 122 / 61
Street Outreach Refusals of Service 125 99 128 115
Shelter Placements 9 9 9 8
Family Reunifications 6 9 2 8
Average Number of Shelter Beds Available to the City Per Day 25 21 18 22
Afterhours Live Assistance Phone Calls Received 12 16 8 7
Park Ranger Service Update
The following are homeless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Service covering the current period of
December 30, 2024-January 05, 2025:
Park Ranger Service — Homeless Outreach Activities
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Contacts /Welfare Checks / Referrals for Assistance 118 115 118 127
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