Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has announced plans to discuss a new homeless outreach strategy in Center City with the leaders of the Office of Supportive Housing and DBHIDS.

WHO

Mayor Jim Kenney
Liz Hersh, Director of the Office of Supportive Housing
Dr. Arthur C. Evans, Jr., Commissioner, DBHIDS
Stephanie B. Thomas, Project Manager, The Food and Shops at Suburban Station Concourse, Metro Market Management, LLC
Kelvin Jeremiah, President and CEO, Philadelphia Housing Authority
Jannie Blackwell, Member, Philadelphia City Council

WHEN

May 16, 2016 at 10:30 a.m.

LOCATION

Mayor’s Reception Room, City Hall

WHAT

Mayor Kenney and city officials will announce a new homeless outreach strategy for Center City in response to an increased presence of street homelessness at four high volume Center City locations identified as hotspots.

Immediately following the press conference, the Office of Supportive Housing will deploy six uniformed street outreach teams to each hotspot location to transition the individuals and families they find living on the street into housing, addiction treatment, mental health counseling, and other social services.

Members of the media are invited to go out with the city’s street outreach teams as they are deployed to hotspots.

This event is not open to the public.