Homeless Services

This annual Point-in-Time survey is meant to give social service groups a better understanding of those experiencing homelessness.

Volunteers as well as those from homeless and veteran’s groups fanned out across Lee County in January counting 820 people who do not have a permanent place to call home. That figure is up from 560 people experiencing homelessness last year.

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to accept $418,900 of grant money to help 20 households experiencing homelessness.

The final day of Lee County’s annual census count of the area's homeless population concluded with the Homeless Service Day and Veterans Stand Down. The event was hosted Saturday by the Lee County Homeless Coalition at the City of Palms Park and Sports Complex.

A cold front moving across Florida Friday is expected to bring freezing temperatures to parts of Southwest Florida Saturday night into Sunday morning. Temporary cold-weather shelters for the homeless are opening across the region.

The Salvation Army held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, to celebrate the opening of its new Homeless Resource Day Center in Fort Myers.

The Lee County Homeless Coalition is preparing for its 20th annual Homeless Service Day and Veterans Stand Down event.The Executive Director of the…