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Saturday, May 19th, 2012For those families, Marbut said, Pinellas County has two “virtual case managers” who can be reached by phone to direct them to a shelter or safe haven. Meals, he added, should only be offered at centralized kitchens.
For some, that may not be enough. Chana Champagne, 24, a mother of two young children who recently moved into a home on Turner Street, said she works at Walmart and depends on street feedings several times a week.
Without them, she said, “I would definitely be struggling for food.”
Some of Marbut’s recommendations were specific, including a redesign or removal of the bathrooms at Crest Lake Park, located between Cleveland Street and Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard east of downtown. The homeless there, he said, jam the door automatic locks with toilet paper, allowing their nighttime use for drinking, drugs and prostitution.
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