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Mayor’s office outlines homelessness work: ARPA shelter funding, street-team plans and outreach

Michigan City Common Council · December 3, 2025
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Summary

Kelly Smith, chief administrator in the mayor’s office, reviewed the city’s homelessness response: ARPA-funded emergency shelter support, outreach and a proposed street team, partnership-building with colleges and community agencies, and point-in-time count data showing a modest local increase in people experiencing homelessness.

Kelly Smith, chief administrator in the mayor’s office, presented a year-in-review of Michigan City efforts to address homelessness and housing instability on Dec. 2.

Smith recounted outreach to an individual who used City Hall as a warming center, the city’s use of ARPA funds to support Salvation Army overnight shelter operations during severe weather and to assist residents displaced when motels were closed for code violations, and coordination with social workers and local…

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