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Community Relations & Neighborhood Engagement

NINE POINT PLAN HOMELESSNESS
• Continue to work with faith based organizations to • The Sanford Task Force on Homelessness continues to
strengthen relationships and build program capacity to meet and assess the gaps in services to the homeless
serve low and moderate-income residents. population in Sanford, with special attention to the chronic
• Continue to work and collaborate with local/state human homeless, a person with a disability who lives either in
rights and fair housing organizations to address race, a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or
equity issues related to housing. emergency shelter continuously for at least 12 months, or at
least four separate occasions in the last three years, where
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER INITIATIVE the combined length of homelessness is equal to at least 12
• Youth Summit - In an effort to increase positive police months.
community relations Community Development partnered
with the Sanford Police Department and the West Side • Partnered with Seminole County in the implementation of
Community Center for the Westside Youth Mentoring the strategic plan to address homelessness in the county.
3rd Annual Teen Summit held on August 26, 2018. The • Represented the city on the Central Florida Commission
summit involved 63 teens, 28 adults, 10 law enforcement on Homelessness board of directors and executive
officers, and 5 city staff. Community Development committee.
sponsored gift cards for the giveaways. • Represented the city on the Board of Directors of the
• Youth Employment and Leadership Development Homeless Services Network.
Academy - Continued the partnership with Career
Source and Goldsboro Front Porch to expand leadership • Represented the city on the Continuum of Care for
development and employment opportunities for high homelessness in the Central Florida region.
school students through the Youth Leadership and
Development Program by providing paid summer work
experiences for 57 students.

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