LTC 135-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #12 - March 17 - March 23, 2025135-2025
MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO :
FROM :
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Mem ~er;~ty Comm ission
Eric Carpenter. City Manager 0«-~
March 28 , 2025 DATE :
SUBJECT : Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #12 -March 17-March 23, 2025
The purpose of this Letter to Comm ission (L TC) is to prov ide 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 res idential
placements provided by the City or its prov iders; the total number of shelter beds available to the City ; the
number of homeless persons arrested for violat ing the City 's camping ordinance ; and other metrics
pertaining to the provision of services to homeless persons in the City .
The Office of Hous ing & Commun ity Services Homeless Outreach Services Div ision , in collaboration with
the Miami Beach Police Department's Homeless Resource Unit ("HRU "), and other City departments, have
ded icated resources to address ing homelessness citywide includ ing through a unified outreach initiative .
Together, these teams conduct weekly joint outreach miss ions to proactively address homeless
encampments in areas of concern , while simultaneously offering services to homeless individua ls
encountered during these missions. Th is collaborat ive effort has augmented engagement strategies in the
community by promoting more accessibility to services prov ided within the homeless and mental
health/substance abuse Continuum of Care.
Miami Beach Police Department -Homeless Resource Unit (HRU) Update
The following are reported serv ice numbers for the HRU covering the current period of March 17-March
23 , 2025 :
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
2G#C r-> 2l124 02/24/25-03/03/25-03/10/25-03/17 /25-
03/02/25 03/09/25 03/16/25 03/23/25
Total Arrests 4,476 5,187 117 142 151 125
Homeless Arrests I 1,543 / 34% 2,179 / 42% 43 / 37% 45 / 32% 38 / 25% 40 / 32% % of homeless arrests to total arrests
24 261 21 7 5 4
December 2024
10 Januar:y 2025-YTD Arrests -Refusal of Placements 113 Sec. 70-45 (Camping Prohibited) Januar:y 2025
13 October 2023 to Present Februar:y 2025 398 78
MBPD Homeless Resource Unit Statistics
02/24/25-03/03/25-03/10/25-03/17/25-
03/02/25 03/09/25 03/16/25 03/23/25
Contacts/ Engagements 22 22 10 17
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 1 3 0 1
Residential Treatment Placements 1 1 1 0
Arrests 5 6 3 8
Office of Housing & Community Services -Homeless Outreach Services Division Update
The following are serv ice numbers for the Homeless Outreach Division covering the current period March
17-March 23 , 2025 :
Homeless Outreach Services Division
02/24/25-03/03/25-03/10/25-03/17 /25-
03/02/25 03/09/25 03/16/25 03/23/25
Street Outreach I Walk-In Center Contacts 155 / 42 141 / 56 234 / 75 144 / 52
Street Outreach Refusals of Service 147 135 227 140
Shelter Placements 10 8 16 5
Family Reunifications 5 3 4 4
Average Number of Shelter Beds Available to the City Per Day 15 16 18 20
Afterhours Live Assistance Phone Calls Received 11 11 7 9
Park Ranger Service Update
The follow ing are home less outreach act ivities from the Park Ranger Service covering the curren t period of
March 17-March 23 , 2025:
Park Ranger Service -Homeless Outreach Activities
Contacts I Welfare Checks / Referrals for Assistance
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02/24/25-03/03/25-03/10/25-03/17/25-
03/02/25 03/09/25 03/16/25 03/23/25
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