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This year, at Stetson University’s annual Ending Poverty and Homelessness Conference, organizers and mental health professionals pushed for trauma-informed responses for people experiencing the violence of poverty and the workers who help them.
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Shelters are already seeing an influx of new clients, and facing the stark reality that more will be coming
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether public sleeping due to lack of shelter can be punishable by law, and advocates for people without homes rallied outside the federal courthouse in downtown Orlando demanding housing-first policies.
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Bettina Grzeskowiak founded Embrace of Celebration, a nonprofit that reaches thousands of families living through Central Florida's housing crisis.
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Unhoused people across Florida will no longer be able to sleep on public property beginning in October. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law recently prohibiting the practice. Municipalities will have to enforce or face possible lawsuits.
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It's especially difficult for those on fixed incomes.
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Local officials are trying to figure out how to help unhoused people after the approval of a new law that bans municipalities from allowing camping on public property.
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The new law takes effect Oct. 1. The state Department of Children and Families would oversee local governments that set up designated areas for people to camp for up to a year.
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They included a wide-ranging plan to expand access to health care, and a bill aimed at keeping children under age 16 off social media.
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Cities and counties in Florida would not be allowed to let unhoused people sleep on public property—but municipalities could set up designated public areas for camping. Many are calling it the bill cruel and unworkable as it heads to the governor's desk for consideration.
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Local nonprofit leader is working to decrease homelessness among unaccompanied young people in TampaA local nonprofit is providing shelter and support to unhoused, unaccompanied youth. A graduate from the program speaks about his experience.
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Local nonprofit leader is working to decrease homelessness among unaccompanied young people in TampaA local nonprofit is providing shelter and support to unhoused, unaccompanied youth. A graduate from the program speaks about his experience.