City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0239R

• File #: 15-0239R
• Version: 1
• Name: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City's Efforts to Make Homelessness a Rare and Brief Experience
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/22/2015
• In control: Health Committee
• Final action: 9/21/2015
• Title: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City's Efforts to Make Homelessness a Rare and Brief Experience FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the City agencies engaged in the struggle against homelessness to appear before the City Council to update it on the City's efforts to make homelessness a rare and brief experience in Baltimore, and to discuss where improvements can be made in best utilizing the City's partnerships and resources to meet this goal.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton
• Indexes: Baltimore City, Homelessness, Informational Hearing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/21/2015	1	City Council	Adopted
9/21/2015	1	Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
9/9/2015	0	Health Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
8/17/2015	0	Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
7/20/2015	0	Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/25/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
6/25/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Human Services
6/25/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
6/22/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
6/22/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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 R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore City's Efforts to Make Homelessness a Rare and Brief Experience
FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the City agencies engaged in the struggle against homelessness to appear before the City Council to update it on the City's efforts to make homelessness a rare and brief experience in Baltimore, and to discuss where improvements can be made in best utilizing the City's partnerships and resources to meet this goal.
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Recitals

Homelessness, and the complicated conditions that create and maintain it ? poverty, a dearth of housing available to low income households, and a lack of health and supportive services ? remain serious problems throughout our nation and here in Baltimore. The work to make homelessness a rare and brief experience requires constant effort and adaptation to changing conditions.

Baltimore?s efforts to aid our homeless population, estimated at more than 2600 on any given night, are multifaceted and spread among a number of City agencies and programs. The City must also work in partnership with many other government agencies on the local, State, and Federal levels, as well as with private service providers, in order to effectively address the many issues that must be considered by any attempt to combat homelessness.

Since homelessness is a persistent problem that...