The City’s efforts include:

The City is currently performing a community needs assessment, in order to appropriately serve the homeless and at-risk community. Our goal is to serve those that have been affected by homelessness and those that are at-risk. Check back for updates! 

Areas of Focus: 

Partnering with law enforcement, faith-based organizations, and community partners that help bring and connect the community to resources, proactive outreach, and community education initiatives.

Use of Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) which responds to on an individual basis to prevent and respond to illegal activity.

Education. The City strives to educate the community about appropriate avenues for helping those affected by homelessness.This includes providing collateral to assist in community education. Ensuring that our business community and residents understand of specific factors that impact the homeless community which may include:
- Mental illness
- Addiction
- Disability
- Unwillingness to accept help
- Lack of access to family or other social support
- Involvement in prior illegal activity

Participating in the Annual Point In Time count which helps provide a snapshot of data to support a data-driven approach to programming. policies and outreach initiatives. 
 

Please check back often, as we are still finalizing all the information for this page.