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Palm Bay council workshop outlines response to House Bill 1365, directs stand‑down outreach
Summary
At a workshop focused on House Bill 1365, Palm Bay staff and local nonprofit leaders reviewed homelessness data and programs; council gave staff direction to organize a stand‑down outreach event and to pursue RFPs and coordination to comply with the new law.
Palm Bay city officials and community partners met in a public workshop to discuss local implementation of House Bill 1365 and to survey services and gaps for people experiencing homelessness. City staff, police leaders and representatives from the Brevard Homeless Coalition laid out counts, programs and next steps; the council asked staff to organize a large stand‑down outreach event and to pursue coordinated regional responses.
Police and city staff framed the legal and operational backdrop for the conversation. The police chief said the department has tracked contacts with a homelessness designation since 2018 and reported "131 contacts with homeless population in the city of Palm Bay in 2023" and "2024 year to date, we're at 234," a rise the…
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