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Near the Broward County Main Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a tent city adjacent to the Historic Walkway. The camp relocated from Stranahan Park to the library in 2017. According to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness , as of January 2017, there are an estimated 32,190 homeless individuals in Florida.
Florida's homeless law is now in effect. On Tuesday, sleeping or camping on public property in the state was made illegal, and camping areas must be set up to accommodate the homeless community.
Last year, a pointin-time count showed that there were 1,855 homeless people in the county — 1,169 of whom were not staying in a place designed for habitation and another 686 staying in a ...
The policy change comes as Tallahassee's homeless shelter has seen a 20% increase in out-of-state clients in recent months. Kearney Center begins charging out-of-state homeless people after influx ...
Okeechobee (US: / oʊ k i ˈ tʃ oʊ b i / OH-kee-CHOH-bee [6]) is a city in and the county seat of Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. [7] As of the 2020 US census, the city's population was 5,254. The Lake Okeechobee area was severely damaged in the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, the first recorded Category 5 hurricane in the North ...
The Belle Glade culture, or Okeechobee culture, is an archaeological culture that existed from as early as 1000 BCE until about 1700 CE in the area surrounding Lake Okeechobee and in the Kissimmee River valley in the Florida Peninsula.
In Tallahassee, Florida, Indigenous words can be seen throughout the city. The area’s landmarks, like rivers and streets, are labeled with sometimes anglicized terms for Indigenous words used ...
The Okeechobee Youth Development Center (formerly known as Eckerd Youth Development Center) is a high-risk residential program that treats male inmates ages 13–21 who are sentenced by the courts. Most inmates stay in the program for 9 to 12 months and it includes a transitional program which includes a less secure "cottage" setting outside of ...