LTC 355-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #34 - August 18-August 24, 2025., MIAMI BEACH
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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #355-2025
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager 'z3,«_ (1, \,f �
August 29, 2025
Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #34 -August 18-August 24, 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 August 18-August 24, 2025:
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
2025 07/28/25- 08/04/25-08/11/25-08/18/25-
(Jan - YTD) 08/03/25 08/10/25 08/17 /25 08/24/25
Total Arrests 4,476 5,187 3,532 113 103 134 124
Homeless Arrests /
% of homeless arrests to 1,543 / 34% 2,179 / 42% 1,506 / 43% 51 / 45% 49 / 47% 57 / 43% 59 / 48%
total arrests
24 261 439 25 26 29 20
May2025 Arrests -Refusal of Placements 59 Sec. 70-45 June 2025 October 2023 to Present
(Camping Prohibited) 55
July 2025 724
97
MBPD Homeless Resource Unit Statistics
07/28/25-08/04/25-08/11/25-08/18/25-
08/03/25 08/10/25 08/17/25 08/24/25
Contacts I Engagements 23 11 16 14
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 1 2 0 0
Residential Treatment Placements 1 0 0 0
Arrests 10 3 5 9
Office of Housing &Community Services -Homeless Outreach Services Division Update
The following are service numbers for the Homeless Outreach Division covering the current period August
18-August 24,2025:
Homeless Outreach Services Division
07 /28/25-08/04/25-08/11/25-08/18/25-
08/03/25 08/10/25 08/17 /25 08/24/25
Street Outreach I Walk-In Center Contacts 139 /47 153 /58 135 /78 122 /50
Street Outreach Refusals of Service 133 143 124 120
Shelter Placements 7 12 17 7
Family Reunifications 1 4 5 1
Average Number of Shelter Beds Available to the City Per Day 29 36 33 27
Afterhours Live Assistance Phone Calls Received 9 22 9 6
Park Ranger Service Update
The following are homeless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Service covering the current period of
August 18-August 24,2025:
Park Ranger Service -Homeless Outreach Activities
07 /28/25-08/04/25-08/11/25-08/18/25-
08/03/25 08/10/25 08/17 /25 08/24/25ENI«
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