September 14, 2023
Proposed food and beverage tax sparks early debate
A proposed 1% tax on food and drinks would fund anti-homelessness programs in Jacksonville.
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September 1, 2023
Homelessness program gets boost from council president
Council President Ron Salem has invested $13,000 toward a Changing Homelessness pilot program that will help those on the brink of losing their housing.
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August 17, 2023
Homelessness panel lays a plan — and looks for ways to fund it
Jacksonville’s homelessness subcommittee must make recommendations to Mayor Donna Deegan by Sept. 5.
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December 6, 2022
Jacksonville’s Changing Homelessness gets $2.5M Bezos grant to ‘double down on our work’
Jacksonville-based Changing Homelessness has received a $2.5 million grant — the largest in the agency’s nearly 50-year history of serving struggling families in Duval and Nassau counties — from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund. The nonprofit will use the money to “leverage and improve existing family programs and fill in identified gaps,” CEO Dawn Gilman said. “It
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