随着内华达州无家可归者人数的增加，拉斯维加斯市分享了无家可归者可以使用的服务
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作者：Sasha Loftis 2024 年 10 月 11 日
拉斯维加斯 (KLAS) – 拉斯维加斯市发布的统计数据显示，山谷无家可归者可以使用的服务有所增加。
市政府官员分享了一段外联小组走上街头帮助有需要的人的视频。
“当你准备好时，”外联团队成员 Leslie Ann Ferrell 对一位目前无家可归的人说。 “总有一天你会给我打电话的。”
Ferrell 是多机构外联资源参与团队 (MORE) 的成员，该团队与当地执法部门合作提供资源。
拉斯维加斯市发布的统计数据显示，山谷无家可归者可获得的服务有所增加。（KLAS）
“你可以自己做，但我建议你试一试，”费雷尔对另一个人说。“这有什么坏处？我们就在这里。”
据市政府官员称，2023 年，庭院无家可归者资源中心提供了近 12,000 项服务，包括淋浴、医疗和就业援助。
内华达州的无家可归者人数也创下了 10 年来的新高，有 7,906 人流落街头。人口普查数据还显示，一年内无家可归者人数增加了 20%。
拉斯维加斯市议员维多利亚·西曼和前国会女议员雪莱·伯克利在本周 8 News Now 的市长辩论中谈到了无家可归问题。
“无家可归没有界限，”西曼说。“这座城市一直在处理这个问题，包括庇护所和走廊。”
她们都分享了自己对城市现行露营禁令的立场，并提出了一项扩大禁令的提议，即允许法官在两次定罪后判处 10 天监禁或康复。
“我认为无家可归不应该被定为犯罪，”伯克利说。“我认为这是人道主义问题。”
“目的是让他们有机会获得服务，”西曼反驳道，支持禁令。“在走廊那边提供服务。”
那些走在人行道上的人称，这是一项至关重要的工作，每次都要扭转一个人的局面。
“这对我很重要，”费雷尔说。“让其他人感到被倾听。”
拉斯维加斯市每年拨款 1100 多万美元用于运营庭院无家可归者资源中心，另外拨款 530 万美元用于康复护理中心。
克拉克县委员们也在考虑制定类似的法令，严厉打击在无家可归者营地睡觉的人。
此前，美国最高法院今年早些时候誓言支持全国各城市的露营禁令。
City of Las Vegas shares services accessed by homeless population as numbers rise in Nevada
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by: Sasha Loftis
City officials shared a video of outreach groups hitting the streets to help those in need.
“When you’re ready,” outreach team member Leslie Ann Ferrell said to someone currently unhoused. “One day you are going to give me a call.”
Ferrell is part of the Multi-Agency Outreach Resource Engagement Team (MORE) which works with local law enforcement to offer resources.
The City of Las Vegas released statistics, showing a rise in services accessed by the valley’s homeless population. (KLAS)“You could do your own thing, but I say give it a try,” Ferrell said to another person. “What would it hurt? We’re right here.”
According to city officials, in 2023, nearly 12,000 services were accessed at The Courtyard Homeless Resource Center, including showers, medical care, and employment assistance.
Homelessness also hit a 10-year high in Nevada, with 7,906 living on the street. Census numbers also show a 20% increase in those unhoused in one year.
Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman and Former Congresswoman Shelley Berkley touched on homelessness during this week’s mayoral debate on 8 News Now.
“Homelessness has no boundaries,” Seaman said. “And the city has been dealing with it, the shelter, the corridor.”
Each shared her stance on the city’s current camping ban and a proposal to expand it, which would allow a judge to call for 10 days in jail or rehabilitation after two convictions.
“I don’t think homelessness should be criminalized,” Berkley said. “I think it is a humanitarian issue.”
“The purpose is to give them that opportunity to get services,” Seaman countered, supporting the ban. “To get services over at the corridor.”
Those pounding the pavement called it crucial work to turn things around one person at a time.
“It’s important to me,” Ferrell said. “To make other people feel heard.”
The City of Las Vegas allocates over $11 million a year to operate The Courtyard Homeless Resource Center and another $5.3 million for the Recuperative Care Center.
Clark County commissioners are also considering a similar ordinance to crack down on people sleeping in homeless encampments.This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court vowed to back camping bans in cities across the country earlier this year.
