Volunteers Try to Count Reisterstown’s Homeless
Community Crisis Center volunteers did not encounter any homeless people in an effort to count them last week, but they did find evidence of a camp.
Volunteers throughout Baltimore County walked their communities to count homeless people on Thursday, Jan. 24. The Point in Time count, mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), helps determine eligibility for Federal funding in homeless programs. The count only includes unsheltered homeless people. In Reisterstown, volunteers from Community Crisis Center (CCC) walked from where Main Street hits Route 30 to Rosewood Lane and Reisterstown Road. “We did not encounter any homeless people,” said Eileen Compton-Little, a CCC board member. “However, we did definitely find evidence of camps.” Compton-Little said they found an area with food trash, clothing, bags and other personal belongings in an area where 6 to 10 …
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Stacy Deems
7:55 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
They also camp in the little patches of woods around Reisterstown. January is a bad time to count. They should go out in April or May when it's just getting warmer. more ›