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Centre For Family Resources briefs Marietta council on homelessness data and services
Summary
Centre For Family Resources presented the agency’s programs and county homelessness data to the Marietta City Council, reporting rising enrollments in coordinated entry and limited housing placements.
Centre For Family Resources told the Marietta City Council that enrollments in the county’s coordinated entry system rose in 2023 and that the agency’s programs aim to help families regain housing stability.
“We were established in 1960,” Melanie Kagan said as she opened a summary of the nonprofit’s services. Kagan described prevention, temporary non‑congregate shelter, employment and education supports, and a family pantry as core parts of the agency’s housing-stability approach.
Kagan gave the council county-level data through 2023. She reported 1,082 enrollments into coordinated entry during 2023, including 336 families and 725 individuals; she said about 65% of people in the family cohort were children. Kagan told councilmembers the…
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