Homeless in RI: State says “the system is broken” as Coalition responds to deadline for data
The temperature in Providence is 30; the windchill is 21 degrees . Photo: B. Higgins for RINewsToday “Let me be very clear. The system if broken . We have street workers who report back…we have street workers who don’t…” – Josh Saal, RI Secretary for Housing With that, the saga of homelessness in Rhode Island continues. Yesterday, Monday December 19th, at 4pm, was a deadline given by the state to the RI Coalition to End Homelessness to submit to the Governor a direction list for the 80+ homeless encampments that they know about throughout Rhode Island. They were also to submit the waitlist on the state’s Coordinated Entry System (CES) to the Secretary on Housing. The Coalition was also asked to be sure that streetworkers log in their interactions on the Homelesss Information Management System (HIMS). RINewsToday attempted numerous times to get a response from the state whether or not that information was received. All...