ICYMI: Dallas has a new partner in its efforts to combat homelessness: the White House.
Dallas is getting an assist from the White House in the city's efforts to alleviate homelessness.Last week, the city of Dallas announced a new partnership with the White House, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness andThe two-year partnership is being called All INside, part of a larger effort called All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. It was announced at a virtual event organized by the White House last week.
The hope is that the partnership will speed up local efforts and make changes to the local homeless response system to help reduce the unsheltered homeless population. It should also help find opportunities to relax some regulations that may slow down the local homeless response system.
Every year, Dallas and Collin counties conduct a census of the local homeless population. The 2023 count found 4,244 homeless people across the two counties. a slight decrease from the previous year's count of 4,410. Black people are disproportionately represented among the homeless. They make up 24% of the general population but 60% of the homeless population across the two counties, according to the count.
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