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Fire Rescue and JSO report large reduction in unsheltered count after PATH team and shelter beds brought online
Summary
Jacksonville Fire & Rescue Department and Jacksonville Sheriff's Office officials told the finance committee that a regional point-in-time count found a 49% drop in unsheltered people compared with 2024; officers and PATH outreach reported contacts, shelter placements, storage of belongings, and funding through Sept. 30 for temporary beds.
Chief Keith Powers of Jacksonville Fire & Rescue and Jimmy Ricks, District 1 commander for Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, briefed the finance committee on April 15 about the PATH outreach team, shelter bed capacity, operations and preliminary results from the January 30 point-in-time count covering Duval, Clay and Nassau counties.
Powers said Jacksonville's PATH outreach has encountered 562 unsheltered individuals since it began street outreach and that partner shelters and vendors'beds are being used: Trinity Rescue Mission, City Rescue Mission and Salvation Army beds were brought online in early April and the PATH team's sheltered placements were in use. Powers…
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