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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Revisiting the Journey Home - Revisions to Baltimore City's 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness
FOR the purpose of calling on the City and external agencies concerned with homelessness in Baltimore to appear before the City Council to discuss the status of and proposals for any revisions to Baltimore City's 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness.
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In January 2008 Baltimore embarked on a decade long effort to end homelessness with the adoption of "The Journey Home: Baltimore City's 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness". This plan, formulated with input from more than 150 stakeholders, has guided Baltimore's approach to homelessness over the last 5 years and has allowed the City to coordinate its efforts with a broad array of public and private entities to make real progress on homelessness.
Now, halfway through the Plan's intended period, it is appropriate to review what progress has been made towards the Plan's goals, and to evaluate where changed circumstances may require changes in approach. However, a plan arrived at through such extensive consultations, and which seeks to coordinate the efforts of so many actors, should not be altered lightly. Any proposed changes should be throughly vetted and subjected to the same careful consideration that went into the original plan.
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