City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0053

• File #: 08-0053
• Version: 0
• Name: Baltimore City's 10 -Year Plan to End Homelessness - A Call to Action
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 2/25/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/11/2010
• Title: Baltimore City's 10 -Year Plan to End Homelessness - A Call to Action FOR the purpose of calling upon the citizens of Baltimore City to join the Mayor in attaining the goals set forth in The Journey Home: Baltimore City's 10 - Year Plan to End Homelessness; urging faith-based, student, fraternal, sororal, civic, youth, and other service organizations to identify the specific contributions they will provide to address the plight of the homeless; and encouraging all private citizens to volunteer their time, talent, and tangible resources to the action plan to end homelessness in Baltimore City by 2018.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert Curran, Agnes Welch, President Young
• Indexes: Homeless, Mayor and City Council Resolution, Resolution-Mayor and City Council

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/11/2010	0	City Council	Withdrawn
2/28/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/28/2008	0	The City Council	Introduced
2/28/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/25/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
2/25/2008	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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Baltimore City's 10 -Year Plan to End Homelessness - A Call to Action

FOR the purpose of calling upon the citizens of Baltimore City to join the Mayor in attaining the goals set forth in The Journey Home: Baltimore City's 10 - Year Plan to End Homelessness; urging faith-based, student, fraternal, sororal, civic, youth, and other service organizations to identify the specific contributions they will provide to address the plight of the homeless; and encouraging all private citizens to volunteer their time, talent, and tangible resources to the action plan to end homelessness in Baltimore City by 2018.
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The Journey Home, a plan to end homelessness in Baltimore City by 2018, is the result of the work of the Civic Leadership Council and workgroups that provides a framework for creating housing opportunities for homeless individuals and families, for providing comprehensive and affordable health care, for increasing access to employment and public benefits, for increasing outreach and supportive services, and for preventing homelessness.

This action plan brings together the business, nonprofit, faith, and public sector communities to address the root causes of homelessness, a complex social and public health crisis that affects at least 3,000 Baltimore City residents who do not sleep in their own homes ...