City of Raleigh to employ people experiencing homelessness to clean up the city

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Friday, June 7, 2024
Raleigh employs homeless to clean up city
Raleigh employs homeless to clean up cityThe Raleigh City Council approved a contract with the Great Raleigh Cleanup to continue a pilot program, which employs unhoused people to clean up the city.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Raleigh city leaders have signed off on a plan to spend $500,000 to employ people experiencing homelessness to clean the city.

City council approved a contract with the Great Raleigh Cleanup to continue a pilot program.

The program employs un-housed people to help clean up the city's parks, waterways, and roadsides.

The city says the pilot phase of this program received positive feedback from participants and collaborators.

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