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Homeless Services
The City of Miami Beach manages shelter beds at three different shelters to ensure the correct placement for anyone seeking help. Our shelter providers are: The Salvation Army, Miami Rescue Mission and Camillus House.
The path from homelessness begins with shelter placement where a client is provided care coordination services to seek employment, apply for entitlement benefits, obtain medical care including addiction counseling, and referrals to those services that will ensure client stability and provide a path to a permanent, sustainable home. Care coordination provides the support for the client to successfully become independent, housed and stable:
Through care coordination, the City provides a variety of supports in addition to shelter including:
- Identification document replacement
- Short-term employment and job training
- Entitlements screening and application
- Support group services based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Below is a quick summary of service levels:
|
Measure |
FY 18/19 | FY 19/20 | Variance |
|
Homeless in City1 |
1,531 | 1,261 | -17.6% |
|
Official City Census2 |
153 | 123 | -19.6% |
|
Served by HOT3 |
1505 | 1,222 | -18.8% |
|
HOT Shelter Placements |
451 | 402 |
-10.9% |
| Direct Police Placements4 | 102 | 63 |
-38.2% |
| Relocations5 | 208 | 139 |
-33.1% |
| Permanent Placements6 | 212 | 171 |
-19.3% |
| Homeless Employed by City7 | 38 | 28 |
-26.3% |
Reference Key
1 – The number of self-identified homeless contacted by Hot and PD
2 – The Point-in-Time Survey, January 2018 and 2019, respectively
3– People contacted in the walk-in center and field
4 –People contacted by police outside of normal business hours and placed into temporary shelter, pending the assessment of the City’s outreach staff
5 – Relocations are provided once in a lifetime per client with verification of destination
6 – Placements in sustainable housing
7 – Homeless individuals placed into shelter and provided with temporary employment to conduct outreach with City Staff
