The Downtown Center Business Improvement District, a coalition of nearly 1,700 property owners in the Downtown area, has partnered with the non-profit organization People Assisting the Homeless to increase outreach to homeless individuals, the group said on Wednesday.
Through the partnership, PATH will lead an outreach program to enroll homeless persons in counseling and mental health services with a focus on helping individuals become permanently housed.
Marie Rumsey, the Business District’s managing director of legislative affairs, said the coalition would continue its partnership with Chrysalis, a non-profit organization which employs formerly homeless individuals.
“They bring different resources to the table,” Rumsey said. “We’ve had a big increase in homelessness on the ground, so we felt like we needed to connect more people with these resources.”
Members of Chrysalis and PATH will now work in teams to engage homeless individuals.