LTC 279-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #26 - June 23-June 29, 2025.MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# 279-2025 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
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DATE:
SUBJECT:
Eric Carpenter, City Manager {_/U(.., \.,,CVl <J..\1/Vll\J�
July 9, 2025
Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #26 - June 23-June 29, 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 June 23-June 29, 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
1,543 / 34%
24
2025
(Jan -YTD)
5,187 2,613
2,179 / 42% 1,093 / 42%
261
A[:!ril 2025
26
May 2025 59
253
June 2025 55
06/02/25-06/09/25-06/16/25-06/23/25-
06/08/25 06/15/25 06/22/25 06/29/25
81 90 82 108
33 / 41% 28 / 31% 34 / 41% 38 / 35%
14 12 8 11
October 2023 to Present 538
MBPD Homeless Resource Unit Statistics
06/02/25-06/09/25-06/16/25-06/23/25-
06/08/25 06/15/25 06/22/25 06/29/25
Contacts I Engagements 23 17 26 31
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 0 1 0 2
Residential Treatment Placements 0 0 0 0
Arrests 4 6 4 3
Office of Housing &Community Services -Homeless Outreach Services Division Update
The following are service numbers for the Homeless Outreach Division covering the current period June
23-June 29,2025:
Homeless Outreach Services Division
06/02/25-06/09/25-06/16/25-06/23/25-
06/08/25 06/15/25 06/22/25 06/29/25
Street Outreach I Walk-In Center Contacts 186 /56 150 /76 120 /60 171 /74
Street Outreach Refusals of Service 175 143 116 157
Shelter Placements 3 6 7 10
Family Reunifications 2 7 3 0
Average Number of Shelter Beds Available to the City Per Day 19 22 20 19
Afterhours Live Assistance Phone Calls Received 11 11 3 20
Park Ranger Service Update
The following are homeless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Service covering the current period of
June 23-June 29,2025:
Park Ranger Service -Homeless Outreach Activities
06/02/25-06/09/25-06/16/25-06/23/25-
06/08/25 06/15/25 06/22/25 06/29/25ER
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Contacts I Welfare Checks /Referrals for Assistance