LTC 189-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #17MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC#189-2025 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager��
May 6, 2025
Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #17 - April 21-April 27, 2025
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 April 21 -April 27,
2025:
Total Arrests
Homeless Arrests /
% of homeless arrests to total
arrests
Arrests -Refusal of Placements
Sec. 70-45 (Camping Prohibited)
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
4,476 5,187
1,543 / 34% 2,179 / 42%
24 261
January 2025
13
February 2025
78
March 2025
27
03/31/25-04/07/25-04/14/25-04/21/25-
04/06/25
103
54 / 52%
12
04/13/25 04/20/25 04/27 /25
57 87 73
23140% 22 / 25% 34146%
5 1
January 2025-YTD
142
7
October 2023 to Present
427
MBPD Homeless Resource Unit Statistics
03/31 /25-04/07 /25-04/14/25-04/21/25-
04/06/25 04/13/25 04/20/25 04/27/25
Contacts I Engagements 29 21 18 22
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 0 2 0 0
Residential Treatment Placements 0 1 2 1
Arrests 11 4 3 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 April 21
-April 27, 2025:
Homeless Outreach Services Division
03/31/25- 04/07/25-04/14/25-04/21/25-
04/06/25 04/ 13/25 04/20/25 04/27 /25
Street Outreach I Walk-In Center Contacts 157 / 60 184 / 53 159 / 55 160 / 56
Street Outreach Refusals of Service 143 178 155 145
Shelter Placements 9 6 2 8
Family Reunifications 5 2 4 9
Average Number of Shelter Beds Available to the City Per Day 25 26 23 23
Afterhours Live Assistance Phone Calls Received 13 5 11 6
Park Ranger Service Update
The following are homeless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Service covering the current period of
April 21 -April 27, 2025:
Park Ranger Service -Homeless Outreach Activities
Contacts I Welfare Checks / Referrals for Assistance
Update No. 15 was not published. Please see attached.
DM/WJ/cmrp
03/31/25- 04/07/25-04/14/25-04/21/25-
04/06/25 04/13/25 04/20/25 04/27 /25