Homelessness in Franklin, NC

The Franklin Town Council held its monthly meeting for March 2020 on Monday, March 2nd. A segment from that meeting is posted below. The full meeting can be seen elsewhere on maconMedia.com. [LINK]

Video Segment 
(11minutes, 15 seconds)



Here are the numbers Bob Bourke of Macon New Beginnings provided before he was notified he had run out of time to speak at Public Comment:

Phone calls asking for assistance

2019...1,634
2018...1,649
2017...1,167

People assisted

2019...229
2018...368
2017...230

Emergency Shelter

(Bob was cut off because he had run out of the time allotted to speakers during the public comment period and was unable to provide all the numbers he had during the public meeting)



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Published at 9:20am on Tuesday, March , 2020

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Homelessness in Franklin Discussed at Franklin Town Council Meeting

This is a segment from the Franklin Town Council regular meeting that was held on February 3, 2020. The full meeting and supporting documents are available elsewhere on this website. [LINK]






Diane Thomas, a resident of Franklin, discusses concerns about homelessness in Franklin.




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Published at 11:48am on Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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Winter Storm Response Discussed at County Commissioner Meeting

During the December 2018 regular meeting of the Macon County Board of Commissioners, Emergency Management Director Warren Cabe updated the county commissioners on the county response to the recent winter storm, giving some statistics (percentages only, no actual numbers) from the Emergency Operations Center on Sunday. Video of this discussion is posted below.
Edited to remove videos that would not load. The videos will be given their own article.

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Winter Storm Response
An update by Warren Cabe, Emergency Management

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Published at 5:25 am on December 13, 2018 

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Macon New Beginnings, Inc. and Macon Program for Progress Partnership Agreement Press Release

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Macon New Beginnings, Inc. and Macon Program for Progress are pleased to announce a formal partnership agreement.  Macon New Beginnings, Inc. and Macon Program for Progress have been working together to address the needs of the homeless families and those families in danger of becoming homeless.  This agreement demonstrates our combined commitment to address the childcare challenge for  those homeless or nearly homeless with small children.

Macon New Beginnings, Inc. is helping the homeless and those in danger of becoming homeless in Macon County.  Macon New Beginnings, Inc. programs provide prevention services, crisis shelter, a weekly evening meal, homeless awareness and advocacy, and service referrals.  In 2015 Macon New Beginnings, Inc. served 92 homeless or nearly homeless men, women and children, and thus far in 2016 we served 154 homeless or nearly homeless.

Macon Program for Progress programs provide comprehensive child development serving pregnant women and children from 0 to 5 years, from low income families.  They typically serve 135 Early Head Start children (ages 0 – 3), and pregnant moms, and 180 Head Start/Pre-K children (ages 3 – 5) and their families in Macon County.

For more information contact:

Macon New Beginnings, Inc.

131 Franklin Plaza Dr, Box 228

Franklin, NC 28734

828-202-3103

www.maconnewbeginnings.org

info@maconnewbeginnings.org

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Macon Program for Progress

82 East Orchard View Lane

PO Box 700

Franklin, NC 28744

828-524-4471

www.mppnhc.org

In His Service

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Mercer delivers update on The Father's House at September Commissioner meeting

This video is from the public comment period of the September 8, 2015 meeting of the Macon County Commissioners. Dr Gordon Mercer spoke about the efforts of The Father's House to comply with housing and fire codes. The church runs a homeless shelter as part of their ministry.





Here is a video someone posted of the cleanup that took place at Father's House as part of a mission trip from Grantie Falls, NC:

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