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Providers warn of housing shortfalls as county outlines relocation and evidence updates
Summary
Nonprofit providers described shelter and post‑shelter shortages; the state's attorney detailed asset‑forfeiture and relocation funding options, and police and prosecutors agreed to follow up with updated CODIS and forensic testing numbers.
Community providers told the BCStat work group that emergency shelter options are limited and that transitional housing and programmatic dollars are necessary to move survivors from crisis beds into stable placements.
Shelby Frank, executive director of the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County, and others said some survivors spend extended periods—sometimes months—in hotels because no funded transition options exist. One provider said participation in holiday assistance programs rose 25 percent this year and that greater donor and capital support is…
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