LTC 329-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #31 - July 28-August 03 2025·MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #329-2025
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager��
August 8, 2025
Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #31 -July 28-August 03, 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 July 28-August 03,
2025:
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
2025 07/07/25-07/1 4/25-07/21/25-07/28/25-
(Jan -YTD) 07/13/25 07/20/25 07/27/25 08/03/25
Total Arrests 4,476 5,187 3,052 110 93 122 113
Homeless Arrests /
% of homeless arrests to 1,543 / 34% 2,179 / 42% 1,287 / 42% 44 / 40% 42 / 45% 56 / 46% 51 / 45%
total arrests
24 261 364 16 19 28 25
May 2025 Arrests -Refusal of Placements 59 Sec. 70-45 June 2025 October 2023 to Present
(Camping Prohibited) 55
July 2025 649
97
MBPD Homeless Resource Unit Statistics
07/07/25-07/14/25-07/21/25-07/28/25-
07/13/25 07/20/25 07/27/25 08/03/25
Contacts I Engagements 30 25 24 23
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 2 2 0 1
Residential Treatment Placements 0 1 2 1
Arrests 5 4 4 10
Office of Housing &Community Services -Homeless Outreach Services Division Update
The following are service numbers for the Homeless Outreach Division covering the current period July 28-
August 03,2025:
Homeless Outreach Services Division
07/07/25-07/14/25-07/21/25-07/28/25-
07/13/25 07/20/25 07/27/25 08/03/25
Street Outreach I Walk-In Center Contacts 159 /78 97 /67 134 /63 139 /47
Street Outreach Refusals of Service 153 91 131 133
Shelter Placements 6 4 3 7
Family Reunifications 6 7 4 1
Average Number of Shelter Beds Available to the City Per Day 21 21 23 29
Afterhours Live Assistance Phone Calls Received 9 14 6 9
Park Ranger Service Update
The following are homeless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Service covering the current period of
July 28-August 03,2025:
Park Ranger Service -Homeless Outreach Activities
07/07/25-07/14/25-07/21/25-07/28/25-
07/13/25 07 /20/25 07 /27 /25 08/03/25ENEER
For questions or additional information,please reach out to Cilia Maria Ruiz-Paz at
cmruiz-paz@miamibeachfl.gov.
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Contacts I Welfare Checks /Referrals for Assistance