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Montgomery County officials are working to make sure any homeless individuals find shelter from this weekend’s extremely cold weather. At this time of year, Health and Human Services Spokesperson Mary Anderson said the county’s emergency shelters are packed and overflow areas are opened to accommodate additional people who may need a warm place to stay. […]

Montgomery County officials are providing important information to residents about the extreme cold temperatures in our region. All Montgomery County facilities, such as libraries, recreation centers and senior centers are open during their regular hours for use by anyone needing an escape from the cold. Public shopping centers are also available as warm locations during […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on the homeless in Montgomery County, the Montgomery County Public Schools calendar decision, the Maryland Professor of the Year and more.

At least 400 homeless individuals attended the Homeless Resource Day held in Gaithersburg last week, about 100 more than attended the event last year. According to Mary Anderson, spokeswoman for the county’s Department of Health and Human Services, 492 households were represented at the event. Households could mean an individual, a couple or a family attended. Last […]

More affordable housing, transit-oriented development and a service center for the homeless will be coming to Silver Spring as Montgomery County and the Washington Property Company have signed an agreement to bring the additions to the Ripley District in the downtown area. The County is leveraging one parking lot parcel and two County-owned parcels in […]

County Executive Ike Leggett announced the results of the 2014 Homeless Point in Time survey. There is a 11.25 percent decrease in the number of homeless persons in Montgomery County. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Related:

The overall number of persons experiencing homelessness in Montgomery County has decreased by 11.25 percent, as reported in the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s 2014 point in time survey, released today at COG’s board meeting. Conducted annually in jurisdictions throughout the region, the survey was conducted on January 29. On the night of the count, […]

Montgomery County leaders met with members of the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless and volunteers with the 100,000 Homes campaign to acknowledge the County’s progress in finding permanent housing for medically vulnerable homeless living on County streets. “The County Council is not going to drop this issue,” said Councilmember George Leventhal during the press […]

Apartments located in Silver Spring have become new homes for five formerly homeless individuals who were identified as the County’s most medically vulnerable according to the Vulnerability Index, a survey instrument used during the Montgomery County 100,000 Homes Campaign Registry Week Nov. 3 through 7. County leaders will celebrate the expansion of the Montgomery County Coalition […]

Dozens of volunteers of all ages turned out for “A Day of Service” activities and projects at Seneca Creek Community Church in Gaithersburg on Jan. 20. The event, one of several of its kind in Montgomery County on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, brought community members together to serve. Some of the projects that […]