Mark Landschoot News Today

Changing Homelessness nonprofits Point in Time count: 71% of Jacksonville-area homeless found them themselves in a housing crisis for the first time

To better serve its growing clientele, the Family Promise relocated from First United Methodist Church downtown to Arlington Congregational Church.

Shelton Carmen-Owens had long wanted to relocate to Florida from his home state of Wisconsin. In November 2020, after a series of conflicts with his estranged wife, the 35-year-old and his 3-year-old son made the move to Jacksonville. They arrived in the early morning hours and drove to the beach to see the sunrise. Then Carmen-Owens, who was once homeless as a child, used Google to find assistance. He had left his life behind and needed a place to live, a place to work and a place to care...