'Tis the season. Two stories about the homeless in Michigan caught my attention yesterday in the midst of one of the strongest winter storms we have had in a long time.
According to Michigan Radio,
"More Michigan families are seeking out homeless shelters and warming centers this winter. And the need will likely continue to increase as temperatures fall below zero...
The Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness says last year there were 100,001 homeless people in the state. That's up from 90,286 in 2008."
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And West Michigan's TV Channel 8 reports:
With the temperatures and windchills hovering between bitter cold and unbearable, the Grand Rapids police added an extra patrol to help get homeless people off the street and into shelter at Mel Trotter Ministries.
There's a dramatic increase in the number of homeless people, GRPD Lt. Theresa Budzelik told 24 Hour News 8.
"One of the things that I'm seeing that I have never seen in my 25 years is more homeless couples," she said. "We try to do this anytime the temps or windchills reach zero or below."
www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Patrols-find-take-homeles-to-shelterHomelessness in Southwest Michigan, a persistent problem which we need to persist at trying to solve.
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