[LSNN] How the Government plans on tackling homelessness and its future plans

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Written by Callie Palencia

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Los Santos News had the chance to sit down with the Los Santos Government's Director of Public Social Services Cherisse Bianchi to discuss a few topics on Monday. The meeting was enlightening and it hopefully eases some people's worries that the Government isn't doing enough to tackle homelessness. 

 

Cherisse Bianchi has been in the social work sector for well over fourteen years and she had moved to Los Santos last year, and joined the Government as Director of Public Social Services in December. So far during her tenure at the Government, she's built up a steady team of social workers and a psychologist. As a social worker, their main roles are to conduct assessments, casework and welfare checks on people. A lot of our conversation was focused around homelessness and how she plans to tackle the issue as a whole and she was happy to explain.

 

Homeless shelters

The Government has plans to open up a homeless shelter within Los Santos and they're already in talks with a local business to work with them. And should the project ever fall through, it'll fall on the city Government to handle. At the minute the homeless shelter will remain under community ownership, but that may change soon she added, but clarified that the city government will merely offer manpower to the businesses, to ensure they have a solid and well-trained team to handle the homeless. 

 

Public Housing and Youth Outreach

The next project she'd like to work on is Public Housing, which will be focused mainly on her homeless project, and the Director plans to have this completed by this April. Along with this, she plans a Youth Outreach program, or even a recreational center to assist parents and children. At the minute, they're still in search of properties to house it, but are interested in the South of Los Santos, as this area is most affected by youths and younger adults. 

 

Drugs and rehabilitation programs

Cherisse talked to us about the concern of drugs and gangs, especially in low-income areas such as Davis, Chamberlain Hills, and Rancho and that she wished to attempt to tackle it with her community outreach programs and recreational centers. Along with this, she was happy to confirm that the Sheriff's Department is planning on introducing a parole program to help people move on from a life of crime, and get them into stable employment. She also noted that it's difficult for ex-convicts to find reliable work, with their records, but they still deserved a second chance at redemption. 

 

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