LTC 362-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #35 - August 25-August 31, 2025362-2025
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MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
FROM :
DATE :
r), ~h~-Eric Carpenter, City Manager l,1uc. L-XA/7A::,,,VVV~
September 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #35 -August 25-August 31, 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 25-August 31,
2025:
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
2025 08/04/25-08/11 /25-08/18/25-08/25/25-
(Jan -YTD) 08/10/25 08/17/25 08/24/25 08/31/25
Total Arrests 4,476 5,187 3,662 103 134 124 130
Homeless Arrests I
% of homeless arrests to 1,543 / 34% 2,179 / 42% 1,572 / 43% 49 / 47% 57 / 43% 59 / 48% 66 / 51%
total arrests
24 261 475 26 29 20 36
June 2025
Arrests -Refusal of Placements 55
Sec. 70-45 July: 2025 October 2023 to Present
(Camping Prohibited) 97
August2025 760
120
MBPD Homeless Resource Unit Statistics
08/04/25-08/11 /25-08/18/25-08/25/25-
08/10/25 08/17/25 08/24/25 08/31/25
Contacts I Engagements 11 16 14 27
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements 2 0 0 2
Residential Treatment Placements 0 0 0 0
Arrests 3 5 9 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 August
25-August 31 , 2025:
Homeless Outreach Services Division
08/04/25-08/11 /25-08/18/25-08/25/25-
08/10/25 08/17/25 08/24/25 08/31/25
Street Outreach I Walk-In Center Contacts 153 / 58 135 / 78 122 / 50 131 / 71
Street Outreach Refusals of Service 143 124 120 126
Shelter Placements 12 17 7 11
Family Reunifications 4 5 1 2
Average Number of Shelter Beds Available to the City Per Day 36 33 27 23
Afterhours Live Assistance Phone Calls Received 22 9 6 15
Park Ranger Service Update
The following are homeless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Service covering the current period of
August 25-August 31, 2025:
Park Ranger Service -Homeless Outreach Activities
Contacts I Welfare Checks / Referrals for Assistance
08/04/25-08/11 /25-08/18/25-08/25/25-
08/10/25 08/17/25 08/24/25 08/31/25
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For questions or additional information, please reach out to Cilia Maria Ruiz-Paz at
cmruiz-paz@miamibeachfl.gov .
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