Letter to the Editor: Progress on Ten Year Plan?
posted: February 27, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: homeless news, Ten Year Plan
A social work student writes a very optimistic letter to the editor of the News & Record:
“Guilford County has moved forward with a 10-year plan… efforts are solidifying.”
Really? Please tell me more, because I’m actually on the Task Force and I haven’t heard a thing in months.
“In January 2007, more than 1,200 people were homeless in Guilford County, and more than 200 of them were chronically homeless. However, during the previous year, 243 people moved from transitional to permanent housing. This is a major step in the right direction.”
Moving people into permanent housing is always a good thing, but the total number of homeless people in Guilford County actually increased from 1108 in 2006 to 1269 in 2007. So that’s a major step in the wrong direction.
“… discharge plan … … 24-hour resource system … … day center …”
Those are all needed and wanted — agreed!. And proposed under a plan that is not yet implemented. Fortunately, there are some other groups of folks who are coming together to find ways to create some of these resources.
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