Elizabeth Slamka Attends Serve City Presentation Before State Senator George Lang and Representative Sara Carruthers

(Pictured from left to right: Serve City Executive Director Tammi Ector, Middletown Mayoral Candidate Elizabeth Slamka, and Butler County Commissioner Cindy Carpenter)

Serve City Executive Director, Tammi Ector, recently had the privilege to present before State Senator George Lang and Representative Sara Carruthers on Monday to address the need for additional funding to combat the issue of homelessness here locally. In the aftermath of the meeting, Serve City wishes to provide this official statement:

"As Homeless Work Group co-chairs, Commissioner Carpenter, Dr. Rasmus, and I welcomed the opportunity to present to Senator Lang. We designed a data-driven, solution-focused presentation entitled "Help Butler County's Homeless Stabilize and Butler County's Businesses Will Thrive". It spoke to many of the community's concerns. And while we recognize the problems homelessness presents will never go away completely, if we take steps to address what we can - building capacity - we expect to reduce the issues, not increase them.

Leadership analytics and data around the issue serve three purposes: describing what is happening with people experiencing homelessness, predicting what will happen with people experiencing homelessness, and prescribing what needs to happen with people experiencing homelessness. Senator Lang requested additional data. According to Serve City's Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data, 86% of those we serve are Butler County residents. We look forward to using this and other statistics to make solution-focused, strategic, data-driven decisions, including meeting the need for 150 additional PSH units, to help Butler County's homeless citizens stabilize and its businesses thrive".

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