City of Raleigh to employ people experiencing homelessness 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.