MIAMI — The energy to assist the homeless in Miami-Dade County obtained a important strengthen Thursday when officials declared the receipt of a $21 million grant.
The dollars, slated to arrive from the U.S. Section of Housing and City Enhancement, will go to the Miami-Dade County Homeless Believe in.
The multi-million dollar grant was introduced through an afternoon news convention attended by several community dignitaries, like Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Ron Reserve, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Belief as nicely as senior HUD officials.
“It truly is a good day in the 305,” Cava stated while thanking federal officials for the grant. “Thank you so very a lot. You do so a lot. You care so a great deal. And we are the ideal position to make investments.”
Cava mentioned the funds will be utilized to enable raise street outreach endeavours towards the homeless as nicely as furthering “the operate to establish inexpensive housing in the space.”
According to its website, the team performs to assists the county’s unsheltered people by a homeless hotline, shelter referrals and entry to data on other homeless solutions.
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