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United Way representative says homelessness initiative advancing; council urges county participation and funding clarity
Summary
A United Way representative briefed the Rocky Mount council on a homelessness initiative and said staff have begun preliminary outreach to Nash and Edgecombe county leaders; council members pressed for county commitments and questioned the city's potential fiscal exposure.
Jenny Moore, a United Way staff member working on the homelessness initiative, told the Rocky Mount City Council Committee of the Whole that the project team has had preliminary meetings with Nash County leaders and scheduled a meeting with Edgecombe County leaders on May 7 to present a regional approach and seek broader participation.
"I think from our perspective, just the urgency of what we're seeing in our community around homelessness is big," Moore said, describing the rationale for moving forward with a tiered plan. Moore told council members that…
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