Sunday, November 27, 2011

Mayor's task force formulates plan to combat homelessness

Anchorage Daily Planet
By KIRSTEN ADAMS
Four months after Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan formed a team to deal with the city’s homeless issue, Darrel Hess, the group’s coordinator, says it has formulated a multiprong plan to combat the problem.

Anchorage’s homeless, specifically chronic drunks, cost the city about $4 million annually in police, fire and community service patrol costs, Hess said. The team has formulated a plan combining involuntary treatment, housing and winter shelters to mitigate the cost.

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