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With homeless count canceled, advocates pledge 'to keep going’ to help less fortunate
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Mike Fisher, Ninth District Opportunity housing/program planner, speaks with people at a homeless encampment Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (Provided by Mike Fisher)
Knowing the biannual homeless count “was in jeopardy for a couple weeks,” Ninth District Opportunity housing/program planner Mike Fisher said he started working on Plan B: How to keep the issue of homelessness “and the plight of our needy here in the forefront of everything that we do.”