Last year, Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston stated a very ambitious goal: End homelessness in Guilford County completely by the time the winter of 2023 hits.
That, of course, didn’t happen; so now Alston and other members of the board are shooting for doing the same thing before the weather turns cold again in late 2024.
Guilford County – and the cities of Greensboro and High Point and a host of community non-profits – are undertaking multiple major endeavors to address the problem. The initiatives include everything from adding shelter beds for the homeless to offering drug and mental health interventions.
Guilford County, for instance, is even opening a rehab center where parents won’t be separated from their children during the recovery period.
In the effort to address homelessness, the Guilford County Homelessness Taskforce has called a meeting for Wednesday, April 17 at 4 p.m. The meeting will be held in the John McAdoo Conference Room on the third-floor of the Guilford County-owned Truist Bank Building at 201 W. Market St. in downtown Greensboro.
Anyone who wishes to follow the progress of the county’s effort is encouraged to attend the meeting or watch the live stream.
With a computer, tablet or smartphone, you can view the proceedings at https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1614601972.
Simply complete the webinar registration, and select the option to join from the confirmation email you receive prior to the start of the meeting.
Copies of the meeting agenda will be available for review prior to the meeting’s start at https://guilford.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.
You can contact Deputy Clerk Ariane Webb at awebb@guilfordcountync.gov with any questions you have.
Give me a fish and I’ll eat today, teach me to fish and I eat forever
Not unless you have the tools to fish.
Just like the story on water. The county will throw loads of money at an issue. We already know how it will be wasted. Certainly hope some of these folks can take advantage of this and become productive citizens. I am betting very few will want to change.
I wonder whatever happened to the midget houses they were going to put up in vacant lots?
They said THAT would solve the problem for homeless families!
As for the majority, who are single or couples, they will quickly find themselves on an even lower level of the growing cast system for societies dregs as the illegal invaders who do not even speak a word of English are soon engrained into Greensboro’s social scene.
Government, especially demorat govt, create poverty to control the masses. Over 60 years of the “War on Poverty” by the racist LBJ has only created more poverty. Its legacy being carried on here by a pro race hustler and condescending white liberals. Marxism is here.
100% correct an dLBJ kicked it off in the ’60’s..
This is a joke. The Greensboro Housing Authority can provide accommodations to anyone of color. But should a White guy apply (they require a picture ID for application) and they’ll automatically find something “missing” and allow you 4 days to surrender an unnecessary document.
Isn’t there an abandoned school which is waiting for nearly a thousand illegals in Greensboro. ? In typical Democrat style , let the Americans freeze on the curb . And the city elected this mayor and council AGAIN !!!!
SMH
For the umpty-upth time, the problem is D-R-U-G-S, not homeless. G.D. the pusher-man. Throwing money at this is like throwing money at schools. How did Abe or Andy, or Harry manage to become President?
Gavin Newsom’s new Paradise in California houses 30% of the nations homeless. Under their last spending program for the homeless, they squandered $24 BILLION on only He knows what. The end result? None. More homeless than ever.
You think the County can do any better (worse)? Name something our govt does well.
Just make me King of Guilford County