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Advocate suggests staffed encampment sites; speakers call for coordinated homelessness and mental‑health responses
Summary
A substance‑abuse counselor and others suggested designated campsite‑style encampments with services and amenities, and speakers urged coordinated efforts to address homelessness and mental‑health needs; council members acknowledged complexity and invited follow‑up with service providers and Coalition for the Homeless efforts.
A substance‑abuse counselor and volunteers proposed pilot encampment sites with basic amenities as one way to organize services for people experiencing homelessness, and other speakers called for more mental‑health outreach and coordinated services.
Christina Owens, a substance‑abuse counselor who volunteers with unhoused people, said she takes blankets and food to people in encampments and proposed future organized…
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