United States Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters announced Thursday that the Grand Rapids Fire Department will receive nearly $3 million in federal funding.
City of Grand Rapids consider Homeless Outreach Team expansion
and last updated 2020-12-14 22:31:08-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Tents lined alongside the fence at Heartside Park in Grand Rapids show just a part of the homelessness issue in the city.
âWe go as far south as 29th Street where weâve discovered camps and people down there, and as far north as Ball, Perkins, and beyond,â said Capt. Michael Waldron.
Waldron is a 17-year member of the Grand Rapids Fire Department who is now part of the cityâs âHomeless Outreach Team.â
The group formed in the spring, originally to educate people experiencing homelessness on the coronavirus, but its goal now is to bring the resources they need to them.