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To add to the numerous similar issues posted by others, there is a large encampment under I-91 bridge along the Mill River. There are also smaller encampments along the Mill River just beyond the Willow St bridge heading up the river.
Speaks for itself, I don't need to reiterate the concerns made by others on the same type of topic. City needs to take action.
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The City has a policy of cleaning up these camps after the occupants have been triaged and provided services.
Here is a link to a previous story:
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/homeless_camp_cleared_out/
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Public Space Inspector - West Side (Verifizierter Beamter)
Good Afternoon All,
The Homeless Outreach Task Force is currently working to address this issue. Thank you for your patience as we take the necessary corrective action.
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See issue posted on SCF recently about aggressive panhandlers at the I-91 exit right by this location, as well as the issue where someone saw a person littering the packing material of a likely-stolen package as they retreated to the encampment area. This part of East Rock/Cedar Hill/Fair Haven, and Wooster Square near Grand Ave seem to bear the brunt of this problem.
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Geschlossen Rebecca Bombero, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (Verifizierter Beamter)
Cleanup completed. Please note, the issue is far more complex than a policing issue or a simple cleanup. Homelessness is an issue that plagues cities across the country and their is no simple solution.
Rather than constantly displacing individuals and then outreach workers not being able to find them we do delay cleanups to give outreach teams the opportunity to get individuals into programs so that we are not just cleaning up the next place they move to again when we find it. Police, the state's attorney and outreach workers and the City have open lines of communications in attempts to address the issues rather than just move them from place to place.
Happy to have reactions as to how long we should make these efforts and what to do when they don't work because we don't have all the answers.
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Ravenclaw (Registrierter Benutzer)
Thank you, Ms. Bombero, for addressing the situation & responding so thoughtfully here. The task doesn't rest solely with the Parks Department, obviously! Homeless outreach social workers, police, sanitation and LCI are all involved. Nobody has all the answers. I'll take you up on offering just a couple of suggestions, though.
1. There probably needs to be a sort of committee with representatives from each affected department, preferably with their own method of communicating (a chat group or something), because as you say, there's a lot to coordinate here. If there is such a group, then it needs to be more active, because there were a lot of "campers" creating a lot of mess for many months.
2. I agree that just rousting people doesn't do much good. They get more alienated than ever & just go trash another site. Part of the outreach effort should involve sanitation. Folks can be given those big garbage & recycling bins, and it can be made clear that "enforcement" of no-camping rules will be strict unless they are used. In other words, a bit of education about how to be good neighbors! Carry in, carry out and all that. The ones who persist in creating dumps can't stay. The ones who bring garbage & recycling to the nearest road are treated more gently.
Rebecca Bombero, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (Verifizierter Beamter)
Thanks for your thoughts. This weeks effort wasn't just the Parks Department, this cleanup was a collaboration between Parks, DPW and State DOT and the lead up efforts were a collaboration between PD, Outreach Workers, LCI and the City's Homeless Services/CSA. We all meet every other month and also communicate between meetings but are working on a software platform to improve those communications.
The encouragement of "nimble" and clean sites does make some sense. Will talk to the outreach workers and those who maintain the lines of communications with these individuals to see how we can integrate. We are also working on education efforts of those "serving" the homeless giving away large bags of clothing and other items that end up as trash in these sites.
Ravenclaw (Registrierter Benutzer)
Thank you, too. At risk of dragging this on, I'd like to observe that at least one campsite remains in a state of wrack & ruin. It's away from the others, so I understand how it was overlooked. If you start walking the trail that leads from Rice Field to Orange Street, looking down toward the river (i.e., your left) you'll see it after about 50 yards. Telltale blue tarp.
Alas.
Rebecca Bombero, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (Verifizierter Beamter)