For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 9, 2019
County Officials and Community Partners
to Remember Homeless Individuals
at Annual Memorial Service
Thursday, July 11, 2019
9 a.m.
Executive Office Building/Memorial Plaza
101 Monroe Street, Rockville
(Rain location—Executive Office Building, Lobby Auditorium)
County Executive Marc Elrich, County Councilmembers Gabe Albornoz, Tom Hucker and Will Jawando, along with community non-profits, will recognize and remember more than 30 individuals who have died in 2018 and 2019 and were homeless or previously homeless. At the first community memorial service held in 2017, fifty individuals in the community were recognized.
In the 2019 Point-in-Time (PIT) survey published by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), there are 647 individuals experiencing homelessness in Montgomery County, a decrease of 23% from the 2018 count.
Note to Editors: Individuals who have experienced homelessness, as well as non-profit groups who work to end homelessness will be available for interviews.
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