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Member Chris Cook warns drug activity is worsening homelessness in Bedford County
Joint Homeless Taskforce · March 1, 2026
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At a Nov. 14, 2023 Joint Homeless Taskforce meeting, Member Chris Cook said drug activity in the community is increasing pressures on people experiencing homelessness and stressed the role of jail-based programs in preventing reentry; Commissioner Biff Farrar urged more SRO drug-prevention training in schools.
At the Nov. 14, 2023 meeting of the Bedford County Joint Homeless Taskforce, Member Chris Cook said drugs in the community are exacerbating homelessness and emphasized the importance of programs housed in the jail system intended to prevent reentry into homelessness.
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