With the Florida public sleeping ban set to go into effect on Oct 1., Jacksonville organizations are hopeful a new proposal from Mayor Donna Deegan will allow them to give people without homes the support they need to find a safe place to live.
Discover incredible Insider Deals that will make your life a little bit easierLocal organizations are hoping Mayor Donna Deegan 's proposed funding will help them expand their support to people without homes ahead of Florida 's public sleeping ban.“There’s people in our community, who tonight will not have a place to go inside to sleep,” said Dawn Gilman, CEO of Changing Homelessness .
Functional Zero is the term used to describe when the number of people who become homeless is the same number as those who find permanent housing during the same year. According to Gilman, the proposed funding would give more resources to outreach teams, coordinated entry teams and housing case managers.Gilman said as of the week of July 22 there were 2,337 people experiencing homelessness, which makes up 1,290 households.
“You know, it was wonderful. I walked through my program, I studied, and I did what I was asked to do, and I attended chapel. And I just felt like I was, you know, able to rekindle relationships with the Lord and start to rekindle relationships with my family and my children,” Mac said.
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